Engaging middle school teachers and students with Alice in a diverse set of subjects

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 271-275

  Rodger, Susan H ^a   Hayes, Jenna ^a   Lezin, Gaetjens ^b   Qin, Henry ^a   Nelson, Deborah ^a   Tucker, Ruth ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alice; Introductory computer science; K 12 education; Middle school; Under represented groups; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION COMPUTING; MICROCOMPUTERS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PLANNING; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ALICE; INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER SCIENCE; K-12 EDUCATION; MIDDLE SCHOOL; UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

TEACHING;

EID: 77952161067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1508865.1508967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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