Technology-rich ethnography for examining the transition to authentic problem-solving in a high school computer programming class

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 319-352

  Ge, Xun ^a,c   Thomas, Michael K ^b   Greene, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Department of Educational Psychology   (United States)

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EID: 33846515865     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/924L-4002-J5P4-1077     Document Type: Review

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