Causal attributions of success and failure made by undergraduate students in an introductory-level computer programming course

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1127-1136

  Hawi, Nazir ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Improving classroom teaching; Interdisciplinary projects; Pedagogical issues; Post secondary education; Programming and programming languages

Indexed keywords

IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION; PROGRAMMING AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LINGUISTICS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 77249108773     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.10.020     Document Type: Article

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