QuickDraw: Bringing graphics into first year

SIGCSE Bulletin Inroads

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 211-215

  Stephenson, Ben ^a   Taube Schock, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer science education; instructional tools; multimedia projects; pedagogy; student engagement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS; MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS; PEDAGOGY; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 78651557009     PISSN: 10963936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1539024.1508946     Document Type: Article

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