Bridging writing to learn and writing in the discipline in computer science education

Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 117-121

  Hoffman, Mark E ^a   Dansdill, Timothy ^a   Herscovici, David S ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge; Writing across the curriculum; Writing in the discipline; Writing to learn

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS; WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM; WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINE; WRITING TO LEARN (WTL);

COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 37849035026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1121341.1121379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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