Cooperative learning instructional methods for CS1: Design, implementation, and evaluation

ACM Transactions on Computing Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Beck, Leland ^a   Chizhik, Alexander ^b  

^a San Diego State University   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom management; Cooperative learning; CS1; Group formation; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT; COOPERATIVE LEARNING; CS1; GROUP FORMATIONS; PEDAGOGY;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

TEACHING;

EID: 84883562667     PISSN: 19466226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2492686     Document Type: Review

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