A novel approach to K-12 cs education: Linking mathematics and computer science

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 286-290

  Hart, Mindy ^a   Early, James P ^b   Brylow, Dennis ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithmic thinking; High school mathematics; K 12 outreach

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMIC THINKING; COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAMS; HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS; HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS; HIGH SCHOOLS; INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES; K-12 OUTREACH; PURDUE UNIVERSITIES; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SUMMER WORKSHOPS;

COMPUTERS; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; TEACHING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 57449112524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1352135.1352234     Document Type: Conference Paper

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