Engaging students in programming

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 103, Issue , 2010, Pages 63-72

  Corney, Malcolm ^a   Teague, Donna ^a   Thomas, Richard N ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attrition; Introductory programming; IT course; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

ATTRITION; BREADTH-FIRST; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; COMPUTER LABORATORY; ENGAGING STUDENTS; FAILURE RATE; FIRST YEAR; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING; IT COURSE; QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGIES; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT; WEB DEVELOPMENT;

CURRICULA; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84872810828     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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