SNAG: Using social networking games to increase student retention in computer science

ITiCSE'10 - Proceedings of the 2010 ACM SIGCSE Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 142-146

  Finkelstein, Samantha L ^a   Powell, Eve ^a   Hicks, Andrew ^a   Doran, Katelyn ^a   Charugulla, Sandhya Rani ^a   Barnes, Tiffany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Games; Social networking

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC COMMUNITY; ACADEMIC CONFERENCES; EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES; INTERNET GAMES; RETENTION RATE; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STUDENT RETENTION;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INNOVATION; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 77955134889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1822090.1822131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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