Learning teamwork skills in university programming courses

Computers and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 517-531

  Sancho Thomas, Pilar ^a   Fuentes Fernández, Rubén ^a   Fernández Manjón, Baltasar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cooperative collaborative learning; Learning communities; Post secondary education; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY THEORY; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN DECISIONS; LEARNING COMMUNITIES; LEARNING PROCESS; PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH; POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROGRAMMING COURSE; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE PROJECT; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGIES; TEAM MANAGEMENT; TEAMWORK SKILLS; UNIVERSITY COURSE;

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; E-LEARNING; INTERNET; MANAGEMENT; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 67349113182     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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