Peer instruction: a teaching method to foster deep understanding

Abstract

How the computing education community can learn from physics education.

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Index Terms

• Applied computing

  • Education

• Social and professional topics

  • Professional topics

    • Computing education

      • Computing education programs

        • Computer science education

        • Information science education