The Affective Experience of Novice Computer Programmers

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 181-206

  Bosch, Nigel ^a   D’Mello, Sidney ^a,b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Computer science education; Intelligent tutoring systems

Indexed keywords

CODING ERRORS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; TEACHING;

AFFECT; COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; CONSTRUCTING CODES; CONTROL VARIABLE; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING SESSIONS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 85009962740     PISSN: 15604292     EISSN: 15604306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40593-015-0069-5     Document Type: Article

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