Constructivist approaches for teaching computer programming

Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Information Technology Education, SIGITE 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 245-248

  Wulf, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

active learning; cognitive apprenticeships; constructivist pedagogy; programming instruction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNING; COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING COURSE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTIONS; COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACHES; CONSTRUCTIVIST PEDAGOGY; PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTION;

APPRENTICES; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CURRICULA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 60249089330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1095714.1095771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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