Learning by competitions: Olympiads in informatics as a tool for training high-grade skills in programming

ITRE 2004 - 2nd International Conference on Information Technology: Research and Education - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 79-83

  Dagiene, Valentina ^a   Skupiene, Jurate ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Competitions; Informatics; Problem solving; Programming learning; Training

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

INFORMATICS; OLYMPIADS; PROGRAMMING LEARNING; REGIONAL LEVELS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 28344441983     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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