The influence of temperament style on a student's choice of and performance in a computer programming course

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1010-1020

  Blignaut, Pieter ^a   Naude, Annelie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human factors; Psychology; Training

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; STUDENTS;

HUMAN FACTORS; NATURAL DISPOSITION; TEMPERAMENT STYLE;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 39749110190     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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