Effects of team-based learning on a CS1 course

ITiCSE'11 - Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 133-137

  Lasserre, Patricia ^a   Szostak, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

active learning; cs1; drop rate; success rate; team based learning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNING; CS1; SUCCESS RATE; TEACHING TECHNIQUES; TEAM-BASED LEARNING;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DROPS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 79960307323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1999747.1999787     Document Type: Conference Paper

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