Relation between Alice software and programming learning: A systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1464-1474

  Costa, Joana M ^a   Miranda, Guilhermina L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADA (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MARGIN OF SAFETY; PROGRAMMING LEARNING; RANDOM-EFFECT MODELS; SELECTION CRITERIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHING METHODS; TEACHING STRATEGY;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 84978251006     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12496     Document Type: Article

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