Analysis of asynchronous dialogues to reveal the effect of discussions on learning programming languages by candidates of computer programmers

Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 739-750

  Ozyurt, Ozcan ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asynchronous dialogues; Content analysis; Learning programming languages; Online learning activities; Usage of forums

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861175028     PISSN: 13087711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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