An investigation of potential success factors for an introductory model-driven programming course

Proceedings of the 1st International Computing Education Research Workshop, ICER 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 155-163

  Bennedsen, Jens ^a   Caspersen, Michael E ^b  

^a IT University West   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Course design; CS1; Model driven programming; Object oriented programming; Objects first; Predictors of success

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COURSE DESIGN; MODEL-DRIVEN PROGRAMMING; OBJECTS-FIRST; PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS;

CURRICULA;

EID: 33745188220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1089786.1089801     Document Type: Conference Paper

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