Transforming high school computing: A call to action

ACM Inroads

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 32-36

  Cuny, Jan ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer science education; CS 10K; CS Principles; K 12 education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; COMPUTING COMMUNITY; COMPUTING EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL; K-12 EDUCATION;

CURRICULA;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84863888086     PISSN: 21532184     EISSN: 21532192     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2189835.2189848     Document Type: Review

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