Going SOLO to assess novice programmers

Proceedings of the Conference on Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education, ITiCSE

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 209-213

  Sheard, Judy ^a   Simon, Beth ^b   Carbone, Angela ^a   Thompson, Errol ^c   Lister, Raymond ^d   Whalley, Jacqueline L ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c 2 Haven Grove Lower Hutt ^*  (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Comprehension; CS1; Novice programmers; SOLO taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTERS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INNOVATION; TAXONOMIES;

COMPREHENSION; CS1; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMINGS; JAVA CODES; NOVICE PROGRAMMERS; PROGRAMMING KNOWLEDGES; SOLO TAXONOMY; STUDENT RESPONSES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 57349113806     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1384271.1384328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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