Investigating the role of student motivation in computer science education through one-on-one tutoring

Computer Science Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-135

  Boyer, Kristy Elizabeth ^a   Phillips, Robert ^a,b   Wallis, Michael D ^a,b   Vouk, Mladen A ^a   Lester, James C ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence; Cs1; Initiative; Introductory programming; Motivation; Tutoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859378410     PISSN: 08993408     EISSN: 17445175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08993400902937584     Document Type: Article

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