Engaging constructions: Family-based computing experiences for immigrant middle school students

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 58-62

  Doyle, Maureen ^a   Kirby, Kevin G ^a   Newell, Gary ^a  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engagement; Hispanics in IT; Middle school computing; Robotics in education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS;

DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS; ENGAGEMENT; HISPANICS; HISPANICS IN IT; LATIN AMERICA; MIDDLE SCHOOLS; MIDDLE-SCHOOL COMPUTING; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 57449101652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1352135.1352158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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