A taxonomy of task types in computing

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 281-285

  Bower, Matt ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer science education; Pedagogy; Task types; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; INNOVATION; TAXONOMIES;

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; GENERAL EDUCATIONS; INTER DEPENDENCIES; PEDAGOGY; SYSTEMATIC DEVELOPMENTS; TASK TYPES;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 57349183051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1384271.1384346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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