Evaluating the effectiveness of a new instructional approach

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

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-79

  Moskal, Barbara ^a   Lurie, Deborah ^b   Cooper, Stephen ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animation; CS1; Evaluation; Pedagogy; Study; Visualization

Indexed keywords

CS1; CURRICULUM MATERIALS; PEDAGOGY; STUDY;

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; EVALUATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS; VISUALIZATION;

CURRICULA;

EID: 33646831808     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: 00978418     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1028174.971328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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