Performance of python CS1 students in mid-level non-python CS courses

SIGCSE'10 - Proceedings of the 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 520-523

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

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

CS1; Curriculum; Introduction to programming; Python

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ORGANIZATION; INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE DESIGNS; PREVIOUS YEAR; STUDENT PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; DATA STRUCTURES; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77952158595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1734263.1734437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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