Python CS1 as preparation for C++ CS2

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 116-120

  Enbody, Richard J ^a   Punch, William F ^a   McCullen, Mark ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CS1; CS2; Curriculum; Intro. to programming; Python

Indexed keywords

CS1; CS2; CS2 COURSE; INTRO. TO PROGRAMMING; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; PROGRAMMING PROJECTS; PYTHON; T-TESTS;

CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; LINGUISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 77952120167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1508865.1508907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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