Computer science student transformations: Changes and causes

Proceedings of the Conference on Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education, ITiCSE

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 181-185

  Moström, Jan Erik ^a   Boustedt, Jonas ^b   Eckerdal, Anna ^c   McCartney, Robert ^d   Sanders, Kate ^e   Thomas, Lynda ^f   Zander, Carol ^g  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d University of Connecticut   (United States)

^e RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^f ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Student biographies; Threshold Concepts; Transformations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS; COMPUTER SCIENTISTS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; THRESHOLD CONCEPTS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INNOVATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77049102401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1562877.1562935     Document Type: Conference Paper

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