Resources to support the use of Java in introductory computer science

Proceedings of the SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 233-234

  Roberts, Eric ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer science education; CS1; Java; Teaching libraries

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; LIBRARIES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; CS1; PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY; TEACHING LIBRARIES;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 2642534566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/971300.971384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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