Fertile zones of cultural encounter in computer science education

Journal of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-32

  Kolikant, Yifat Ben David ^a   Ben Ari, Mordechai ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 45849106502     PISSN: 10508406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508400701793166     Document Type: Article

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