Teaching programming in secondary school: A pedagogical content knowledge perspective;Programavimo mokymas vidurinėje mokykloje: Pedagoginių dalyko žinių perspektyvos

Informatics in Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-88

  Saeli, Mara ^a   Perrenet, Jacob ^a   Jochems, Wim M G ^a   Zwaneveld, Bert ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer science education; Informatics; Pedagogical content knowledge; Programming; Secondary education; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955374391     PISSN: 16485831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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