Common sense computing (episode 4): Debugging

Computer Science Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-133

  Simon, Beth ^a   Bouvier, Dennis ^b   Chen, Tzu Yi ^c   Lewandowski, Gary ^d   McCartney, Robert ^e   Sanders, Kate ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Connecticut   (United States)

^f RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beginners; Constructivism; Cs1; Debugging; Novices; Preconceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449723641     PISSN: 08993408     EISSN: 17445175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08993400802114698     Document Type: Article

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