Self-efficacy and mental models in learning to program

SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-175

  Ramalingam, Vennila ^a   Labelle, Deborah ^b   Wiedenbeck, Susan ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning to program; Mental models; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; STUDENTS;

INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING; LEARNING TO PROGRAM; MENTAL MODELS; SELF-EFFICACY;

CURRICULA;

EID: 33646822469     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: 00978418     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1026487.1008042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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