The influence of instruction and activity on the development of semantic programming knowledge

Journal of Research on Computing in Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 521-533

  Oliver, Ron ^a   Malone, John ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Programming; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898910493     PISSN: 08886504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08886504.1993.10782071     Document Type: Article

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