Work in progress - Impact of graphical programming environments on learning and understanding programming concepts

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bucks, Gregory ^a,b   Oakes, William ^a,b,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c EPICS ^*

Author keywords

Graphical programming; Learning Styles; Novice programmers; Programming concepts

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS; FIRST YEARS; FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERINGS; GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING; GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS; GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING; LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING; LEARNING STYLES; NOVICE PROGRAMMERS; PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; VISUAL LEARNERS; VISUAL LEARNING; WORK IN PROGRESS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERS; ENGINEERING; LINGUISTICS; STUDENTS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 60549113185     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2008.4720623     Document Type: Conference Paper

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