Experiences with a CS1 for the health sciences

SIGCSE Bulletin Inroads

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-126

  Stone, Jeffrey A ^a   Medica, Darcy L ^a   Fetsko, Leah Ann ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; CS1; Gender; Non majors; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

CS1; DESIGN COURSE; HEALTH SCIENCE; NON-MAJORS; STUDENT SUCCESS;

BIOINFORMATICS; CURRICULA; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HEALTH;

TEACHING;

EID: 77955145230     PISSN: 10963936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1595453.1595489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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