Students learn CS in different ways: Insights from an empirical study

Working Group Reports on ITiCSE on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 265-269

  Berglund, Anders ^a   Wiggberg, Mattias ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer science education research; Phenomenography; The act of learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DATA PROCESSING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH; INTERVIEWS; PHENOMENOGRAPHIC RESEARCH APPROACH;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 34548312249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1140124.1140195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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