Computer science education research /
edited by Sally Fincher and Marian Petre.
- London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2004.
- viii, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface // Part One: the field and the endeavor // 1. Mapping the Territory // 2. A Preface to Pragmatics // 3. Post Significant Questions that Can Be Answered Empirically // 4. Link Research to Relevant Theory // 5. Provide a Coherent Explicit Chain of Reasoning // 6. Use methods that Permit Direct Investigation of the Question // 7. Replicate and Generalize Across Sstudies // 8. Disclose Research to Encourage Professional Scrutiny and Critique // Part One References and Notes // Part Two: perspectives and approaches // Introduction // 1. Misconceptions and Attitudes that Interfere with Learning to Program // 2. Critical Enquiry in CS Education // 3. Programming Environments for Novices // 4. Research on Learning to Design Software // 5. Learning to Program: Schema creation, application and evaluation // 6. Algorithm Visualization // List of Contributors // Index //
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