Another look at the behaviors of novice programmers

SIGCSE'09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 296-300

  Fenwick Jr , James B ^a   Norris, Cindy ^a   Barry, Frank ^a   Rountree, Josh ^a   Spicer, Cole ^a   Cheek, Scott ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Compilation; CS1; Pattern

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMPILATION; CS1; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING COURSE; NOVICE PROGRAMMER; PATTERN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DATA REDUCTION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 70449731153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1508865.1508973     Document Type: Conference Paper

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