Pedagogy and processes for a computer programming outreach workshop - The bridge to college model

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-60

  Tangney, Brendan ^a   Oldham, Elizabeth ^a   Conneely, Claire ^b   Barrett, Stephen ^a   Lawlor, John ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Suas Educational Development   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Group work; Outreach; Pedagogy; Programming; Workshops

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; GROUP WORK; GROUP-BASED; PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES; PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE; SECOND-LEVEL; VISUAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

TEACHING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 76449122112     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2009.2023210     Document Type: Article

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