Teaching an introductory programming course for non-majors using python

Proceedings of ISECON

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Rufinus, Jeff ^a   Kortsarts, Y ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovative teaching approach; Pedagogy; Python programming language; Teaching tips

Indexed keywords

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; INNOVATIVE TEACHING; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING COURSE; NON-MAJORS; PEDAGOGY; PYTHON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; TEACHING APPROACHES;

CURRICULA; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

TEACHING;

EID: 84865706542     PISSN: 15427382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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