Exploring learner conceptions of programming

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 52, Issue , 2006, Pages 205-211

  Thompson, Errol ^a   Hunt, Lynn ^b   Kinshuk, ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conceptions of programming; Learning process; Task representation

Indexed keywords

IMPROVING LEARNING; LEARNING PROCESS; TASK REPRESENTATION; TEACHING-OF-PROGRAMMING; TEST DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT;

DATA STRUCTURES;

EID: 84869065142     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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