Use of rule-based elaboration of worked examples to promote the acquisition of programming plans

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Hohn, Robert L ^a   Moraes, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Symbios Logic   (United States)

Author keywords

College level instruction; Programming; Rule based elaboration

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE-LEVEL INSTRUCTION; INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING COURSE; PROGRAMMING PLANS; RULE BASED;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; HARDWARE; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 3042865101     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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