Multi-institutional computer science education research: A review of recent studies of novice understanding

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 12-17

  Simon, Beth ^a   Lister, Raymond ^b   Fincher, Sally ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer science education research; Multi institutional; Novice

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH; COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL; MULTI-NATIONALS; NOVICE; ON CURRENTS; WORK-RELATED;

STUDENTS;

EID: 48749112905     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2006.322291     Document Type: Conference Paper

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