Making connections: First year transition for computer science and software engineering students

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 42, Issue , 2005, Pages 229-238

  Moffat, Alistair ^a   Hughes, Baden ^a   Søndergaard, Harald ^a   Gruba, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC STAFF; FIRST YEAR; FIRST YEAR STUDENTS; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING STUDENTS; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT; STUDY SKILLS; SUCCESSIVE TRANSITIONS; SUPPORT SERVICES;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84873496175     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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