Impact of alternative introductory courses on programming concept understanding

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 25-35

  Tew, Allison Elliott ^a   McCracken, W Michael ^a   Guzdial, Mark ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

CS1; CS2; Pedagogy; Programming; Understanding

Indexed keywords

CS1; CS2; PEDAGOGY;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; ITERATIVE METHODS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CURRICULA;

EID: 33745194557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1089786.1089789     Document Type: Conference Paper

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