What do "CS1" and "CS2" mean? Investigating differences in the early courses

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 199-203

  Hertz, Matthew ^a  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

CS1; CS2; Curriculum design; Survey

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; COMPUTING CURRICULA; CS1; CURRICULUM DESIGNS; INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING; RESEARCH STUDIES;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CURRICULA; DATA STRUCTURES; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

TEACHING;

EID: 77952165085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1734263.1734335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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