Transforming communication skills instruction: The conference approach

Proceedings - 23rd Australasian Computer Science Conference, ACSC 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 88-94

  Gruba, P ^a   Sondergaard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

communication skills; Computer science education; constructivism; student conferences

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; TEACHING;

COMMUNICATION SKILLS; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; CONFERENCE PROGRAMS; CONSTRUCTIVISM; CORRECT SOLUTION; PEER REVIEW; REAL-WORLD PROBLEM; VIABLE SOLUTIONS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84963836295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACSC.2000.824385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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