Pre-programming analysis tutors help students learn basic programming concepts

SIGCSE'08 - Proceedings of the 39th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 276-280

  Wei, Jin ^a  

^a SHAW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active Learning; Cognitive tutors; CS1; Curriculum development; Introduction to programming; Pedagogy; Scaffolding

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNING; COGNITIVE TUTORS; CS1; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING; PEDAGOGY; SCAFFOLDING;

COMPUTERS; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS;

BASIC (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 57449101071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1352135.1352231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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