Student understanding of object-oriented programming as expressed in concept maps

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 332-336

  Sanders, Kate ^a   Boustedt, Jonas ^b   Eckerdal, Anna ^c   McCartney, Robert ^d   Moström, Jan Erik ^e   Thomas, Lynda ^f   Zander, Carol ^g  

^a RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Natural and Computer Science ^*  (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d University of Connecticut   (United States)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept maps; CS1; Empirical research; Object oriented

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT MAPS; CS1; DO-MAINS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; OBJECT-ORIENTED; OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMINGS;

COMPUTERS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; MAPS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; STUDENTS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 57449114939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1352135.1352251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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