Introducing computing students to scientific experimentation

Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 76-81

  Renaud, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computing science; Coursework; Experimentation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING SCIENCE; COURSEWORK; ENGINEERING APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTATION; LEARNING OUTCOME; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; SIMULATION ENGINE;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84881167780     PISSN: 1942647X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2462476.2462478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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