An introductory course format for promoting diversity and retention

SIGCSE 2007: 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 395-399

  Cohoon, James P ^a  

^a University of Virginia

Author keywords

Diversity; Introductory computer science; Programming

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

DEMOGRAPHICS; DIVERSITY;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 34748908766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1227310.1227450     Document Type: Conference Paper

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