Evaluating a breadth-first CS 1 for scientists

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 266-270

  Dodds, Zachary ^a   Libeskind Hadas, Ran ^a   Alvarado, Christine ^a   Kuenning, Geoff ^a  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

CS 1 assessment; CS for scientists; Introductory CS

Indexed keywords

BREADTH FIRSTS; BREADTH-FIRST APPROACHES; CS 1 ASSESSMENT; CS FOR SCIENTISTS; INTRODUCTORY CS; STUDENT LEARNING;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 57649100556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1352135.1352229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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