A multi-institutional study of peer instruction in introductory computing

ACM Inroads

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 76-81

  Porter, Leo ^a   Bouvier, Dennis ^b   Cutts, Quintin ^c   Grissom, Scott ^d   Lee, Cynthia ^e   McCartney, Robert ^f   Zingaro, Daniel ^g   Simon, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRADING; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING; MEASUREMENTS OF; PEER INSTRUCTION; STUDENT PERCEPTIONS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84971229233     PISSN: 21532184     EISSN: 21532192     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2938142     Document Type: Article

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