Successful students' strategies for getting unstuck

ITiCSE 2007: 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - Inclusive Education in Computer Science

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 156-160

  McCartney, Robert ^a   Eckerdal, Anna ^b   Mostrom, Jan Erik ^c   Sanders, Kate ^d   Zander, Carol ^e  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning strategies; Stuck places; Threshold concepts

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; STUDENTS;

LEARNING STRATEGIES; STUCK PLACES; THRESHOLD CONCEPTS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548081383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1268784.1268831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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