Novices' expectations and prior knowledge of software development - Results of a study with high school students

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 143-153

  Schulte, Carsten ^a   Magenheim, Johannes ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Empirical Research; Expectations for Informatics Courses; Gender Differences; Motives for Taking Informatics Courses; Personal Theory of Software Development; Prior Knowledge; Process Product Relation; Socio technical perspective; Students' Attitudes

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPECTATIONS FOR INFORMATICS COURSES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; MOTIVES FOR TAKING INFORMATICS COURSES; PERSONAL THEORY OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; PROCESS-PRODUCT RELATION; STUDENTS' ATTITUDES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33745207329     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1089786.1089800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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