Why complicate things? Introducing programming in high school using Python

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 52, Issue , 2006, Pages 71-80

  Grandell, Linda ^a   Peltomäki, Mia ^a   Back, Ralph Johan ^a   Salakoski, Tapio ^a  

^a TURKU CENTRE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT CONCEPT; COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHERS; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING COURSE; STUDENT GROUPS; TEACHING AND LEARNING; UNIVERSITY LEVELS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; WRITING SKILLS;

ADA (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER SCIENCE; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; SYNTACTICS; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84869054086     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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