The BRACElet 2009.1 (Wellington) Specification

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 95, Issue , 2009, Pages 9-18

  Whalley, Jacqueline L ^a   Lister, Raymond ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BRACElet; Multiinstitutional collaboration; Novice programming

Indexed keywords

BRACELET; COMPUTER EDUCATION; DATA COLLECTION; LOOK-FORWARD; MULTIINSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION; NEW MEMBERS; NOVICE PROGRAMMER; NOVICE PROGRAMMING; STUDY DESIGN;

EID: 84867373233     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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