Some empirical results for neo-Piagetian reasoning in novice programmers and the relationship to code explanation questions

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 123, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-86

  Corney, Malcolm ^a   Teague, Donna ^a   Ahadi, Alireza ^b   Lister, Raymond ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CS1; Neo Piagetian; Novice programmer

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES;

EXAM QUESTIONS; NEO-PIAGETIAN; NOVICE PROGRAMMER; OPERATIONAL ABILITY; OPERATIONAL STAGES; RECENT RESEARCHES; STUDENT PERFORMANCE;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84984866155     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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