Losing their marbles: Syntax-free programming for assessing problem-solving skills

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 95, Issue , 2009, Pages 75-82

  Fidge, Colin ^a   Teague, Donna ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Learning to program; Problem solving; Syntax free programming

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMIC PROBLEM SOLVING; ALGORITHMIC SOLUTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEM; LEARNING TO PROGRAM; NATURAL LANGUAGES; NOVICE PROGRAMMER; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; PROGRAM CODE; PROGRAMMING ERRORS; TARGET PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

ALGORITHMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

SYNTACTICS;

EID: 84869124733     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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