Reductive thinking in computer science

Computer Science Education

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-301

  Armoni, Michal ^a   Gal Ezer, Judith ^a   Hazzan, Orit ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 54049141037     PISSN: 08993408     EISSN: 17445175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08993400600937845     Document Type: Article

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