An experimental study of cooperative learning in CS1

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 205-209

  Beck, Leland L ^a   Chizhik, Alexander W ^b  

^a San Diego State University   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom management; Cooperative learning; CS1; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT; COOPERATIVE LEARNING; COOPERATIVE LEARNING APPROACHES; COOPERATIVE LEARNINGS; CS1; EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS; EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEMALE STUDENTS; MINORITY STUDENTS; PEDAGOGY;

COMPUTERS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; EXPERIMENTS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 57449120888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1352135.1352208     Document Type: Conference Paper

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