Evaluating assessments of novice programming environments

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 99-110

  Gross, Paul ^a   Powers, Kris ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Evaluation; Novice Programmers; Novice Programming Environments

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; EDUCATIONAL IMPACT; NOVICE PROGRAMMERS; NOVICE PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33745192269     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1089786.1089796     Document Type: Conference Paper

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