Probing student problem solving skills in mathematical induction using a scenario based think aloud protocol

WCCCE 2011 - Proceedings of the 16th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 33-37

  Yu, Benjamin ^a   Voll, Kimberly ^b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

interviews; problem solving; protocol; think aloud; thinking

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS; INTERVIEWS; MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION; PEDAGOGICAL METHOD; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; PROTOCOL; STUDENT INTERVIEWS; THINK ALOUD; THINK-ALOUD PROTOCOL; THINKING; THOUGHT PROCESS; UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA;

STUDENTS; TEACHING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 79959859373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1989622.1989631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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