Enhancing learning in introductory computer science courses through SCALE: An empirical study

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Verginis, Ilias ^a   Gogoulou, Agoritsa ^a   Gouli, Evaggelia ^a   Boubouka, Maria ^a   Grigoriadou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adaptation; informative feedback components; introductory computer science courses; learning activities; tutoring feedback components; Web based learning environment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; INFORMATIVE FEEDBACK COMPONENTS; INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER SCIENCE; LEARNING ACTIVITIES; TUTORING FEEDBACK COMPONENTS; WEB-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 79551621977     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2010.2040477     Document Type: Article

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