It's mathematical, after all - The nature of learning computer programming

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-92

  Hu, Chenglie ^a  

^a Carroll College Waukesha   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical competency; Problem solving; Programming; Programming construct

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144470441     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10639-005-5714-4     Document Type: Article

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