The teaching of novice computer programmers: Bringing the scholarly-research approach to Australia

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 78, Issue , 2008, Pages 63-68

  Clear, Tony ^b   Edwards, Jenny ^a   Lister, Raymond ^a   Simon, Beth ^c   Thompson, Errol ^d   Whalley, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Action research; Novice programmers; Scholarship of teaching and learning

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS);

ACTION RESEARCH; COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS; EXAM QUESTIONS; MULTI-NATIONALS; NOVICE PROGRAMMER; RESEARCH STUDIES; SCHOLARLY RESEARCH; SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84869120375     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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