Issues regarding threshold concepts in computer science

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 95, Issue , 2009, Pages 139-145

  Rountree, Janet ^a   Rountree, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computer science education; Liminal space; Threshold concepts

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; COMPUTER SCIENTISTS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; LIMINAL SPACE; THRESHOLD CONCEPTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84869132331     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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