Learning styles of computer programming students: A Middle Eastern and American comparison

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-450

  Zualkernan, Imran A ^a   Allert, James ^b   Qadah, Ghassan Z ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer engineering; Computer science; Learning styles; Programming; Training and education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

DIRECT CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS; LEARNING STYLES;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 34548074284     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2006.882366     Document Type: Article

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