Observations of student competency in a CS1 course

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 42, Issue , 2005, Pages 145-149

  Rountree, Janet ^a   Rountree, Nathan ^a   Robins, Anthony ^a   Hannah, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CS1 assessment generation comprehension

Indexed keywords

CODE COMPREHENSION; CODE GENERATION; CS1 ASSESSMENT GENERATION COMPREHENSION; EXAM QUESTIONS; INTRODUCTORY COMPUTING COURSE; KEY OBJECTIVE; LABORATORY EXERCISE; PROGRAMMING SKILLS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84873497888     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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