What do we mean by theoretically sound research in computer science education?

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

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-231

  Ben Ari, Mordechai ^a   Berglund, Anders ^b   Booth, Shirley ^c   Holmboe, Christian ^d  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Action research; Cognitive theories; Computer science education; Phenomenography; Research approaches; Socio cultural research perspective

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ACTION RESEARCH; COGNITIVE THEORIES; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; PHENOMENOGRAPHY; RESEARCH APPROACHES; SOCIO-CULTURAL RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33646824131     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: 00978418     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1026487.1008059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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