A placement test for computer science: Design, implementation, and analysis

Computer Science Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-36

  Nugent, Gwen ^a   Soh, Leen Kiat ^a   Samal, Ashok ^a   Lang, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 33847262483     PISSN: 08993408     EISSN: 17445175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610500298094     Document Type: Article

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