Understanding the effects of intervention on computer science student behaviour in on-line forums

Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE

Volumn Part F128680, Issue , 2017, Pages 200-205

  La Vista, Daniel ^a   Falkner, Nickolas ^a   Szabo, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computing education; Electronic forums; Intervention

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; TEACHING;

ANALYSIS METHOD; AUTOMATED TOOLS; COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS; COMPUTING EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC FORUM; INTERVENTION; INTERVENTION EFFECTIVENESS; ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUMS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85029528283     PISSN: 1942647X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/3059009.3059053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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