Commonsense computing (episode 3): Concurrency and concert tickets

Third International Computing Education Research Workshop, ICER'07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 133-144

  Lewandowski, Gary ^a   Bouvier, Dennis J ^b   McCartney, Robert ^c   Sanders, Kate ^d   Simon, Beth ^e  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c University of Connecticut   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beginners; Concurrency; Constructivism; CS1; Novices; Preconceptions; Resources

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DATA ACQUISITION; STUDENTS;

BEGINNERS; CONCURRENCY; CONSTRUCTIVISM; NOVICES; PRECONCEPTIONS; RESOURCES;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 38849200288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1288580.1288598     Document Type: Conference Paper

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