Effectiveness of Cognitive Apprenticeship Learning (CAL) and Cognitive Tutors (CT) for problem solving using fundamental programming concepts

SIGCSE'11 - Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 305-310

  Jin, Wei ^a   Corbett, Albert ^b  

^a SHAW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive Apprenticeship Learning; Cognitive Tutors; CS1; Introduction to programming; Pedagogy; Scaffolding

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP; COGNITIVE TUTORS; CS1; INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING; PEDAGOGY; SCAFFOLDING;

APPRENTICES; COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION COMPUTING; SCAFFOLDS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 79954430178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1953163.1953254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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