Determining the effectiveness of the 3D alice programming environment at the computer science i level

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-244

  Sykes, Edward R ^a,b  

^a Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning   (Canada)

^b SHERIDAN COLLEGE   (Canada)

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EID: 34547491414     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/J175-Q735-1345-270M     Document Type: Article

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