Successful and unsuccessful problem solving approaches of novice programmers

SIGCSE Bulletin Inroads

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-28

  Hanks, Brian ^a   Brandt, Matt ^a  

^a FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed pair programming; introductory programming; java; novice; pair programming; problem solving approaches

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PAIR PROGRAMMING; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING; JAVA; NOVICE; PAIR PROGRAMMING;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; STUDENTS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 78651575109     PISSN: 10963936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1539024.1508876     Document Type: Article

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