A study of the relationships among learning styles, participation types, and performance in programming language learning supported by online forums

Computers and Education

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-120

  Shaw, Ruey Shiang ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cooperative collaborative learning; Interactive learning environments; Learning communities; Programming and programming languages

Indexed keywords

ASP.NET; AVERAGE VALUES; COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING COMMUNITY; LEARNING PERFORMANCE; LEARNING STYLE; ONLINE FORUMS; PROGRAMMING AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY; STUDENT LEARNING;

ADA (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STUDENTS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 80052532841     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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