Predictors of success in a first programming course

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 52, Issue , 2006, Pages 189-196

  Simon, ^a   Fincher, Sally ^b   Robins, Anthony ^c   Baker, Bob ^d   Cutts, Quintin ^e   Haden, Patricia ^f   Hamilton, Margaret ^g   Petre, Marian ^h   Tolhurst, Denise ^d   Box, Ilona ⁱ   de Raadt, Michael ^j   Hamer, John ^k   Lister, Raymond ⁱ   Sutton, Ken ^l   Tutty, Jodi ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f OTAGO POLYTECHNIC   (New Zealand)

^g RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^l Southern Institute of Technology   (New Zealand)

^m CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Education; Programming aptitude

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL FACTORS; DESIGN TASKS; DRAWING STYLES; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING COURSE; PROGRAMMING COURSE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEARCH STRATEGIES; SURFACE APPROACH;

EDUCATION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; VISUALIZATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84869143045     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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