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Increasing Adoption of Smart Learning Content for Computer Science Education 计算机科学教育越来越多地采用智能学习内容

Proceedings of the Working Group Reports of the 2014 on Innovation & Technology in Computer Science Education Conference Pub Date : 2014-06-23 DOI: 10.1145/2713609.2713611

Peter Brusilovsky, S. Edwards, Amruth N. Kumar, L. Malmi, Luciana Benotti, D. Buck, Petri Ihantola, R. Prince, Teemu Sirkiä, Sergey Sosnovsky, J. Urquiza-Fuentes, Arto Vihavainen, M. Wollowski

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引用次数: 69

Proceedings of the Working Group Reports of the 2014 on Innovation & Technology in Computer Science Education Conference 2014年计算机科学教育创新与技术会议工作组报告论文集

Proceedings of the Working Group Reports of the 2014 on Innovation & Technology in Computer Science Education Conference Pub Date : 2014-06-23 DOI: 10.1145/2713609

A. Clear, R. Lister

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引用次数: 1

Computational Thinking in K-9 Education K-9教育中的计算思维

Proceedings of the Working Group Reports of the 2014 on Innovation & Technology in Computer Science Education Conference Pub Date : 2014-06-23 DOI: 10.1145/2713609.2713610

Linda Mannila, V. Dagienė, B. Demo, Nataša Grgurina, C. Mirolo, Lennart Rolandsson, Amber Settle

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引用次数: 230

In-Flow Peer Review 同行评审

Proceedings of the Working Group Reports of the 2014 on Innovation & Technology in Computer Science Education Conference Pub Date : 2014-06-21 DOI: 10.1145/2713609.2713612

D. Clarke, T. Clear, Kathi Fisler, Matthias Hauswirth, S. Krishnamurthi, J. Politz, V. Tirronen, Tobias Wrigstad

引用次数: 8