Encouraging creativity in introductory computer science programming assignments

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  VanDeGrift, Tammy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER ENGINEERING EDUCATORS; HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS; PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENTS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 85029116815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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