Identifying predictors of success for an objects-first CS1

Computer Science Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-243

  Ventura, Philip R ^a  

^a ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84959294155     PISSN: 08993408     EISSN: 17445175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08993400500224419     Document Type: Article

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