Context as support for learning computer organization

ACM Journal on Educational Resources in Computing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Tew, Allison Elliott ^a,b   Dorn, Brian ^a   Leahy Jr , William D ^a   Guzdial, Mark ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer organization; Context; Course design

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL DEVICES; COMPUTER ORGANIZATION; COMPUTER ORGANIZATIONS; CONTEXT; COURSE DESIGN; STUDENT LEARNING; STUDENT PERFORMANCE;

STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 53749103080     PISSN: 15314278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1404935.1404937     Document Type: Article

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