Technically speaking: Fostering the communication skills of computer science and mathematics students

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 185-189

  Havill, Jessen T ^a   Ludwig, Lewis D ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematics; Oral communication

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; STUDENTS;

MATHEMATICIAN; ORAL COMMUNICATION; UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 34748925772     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1227310.1227375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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