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ACSE '97: Proceedings of the 2nd Australasian conference on Computer science education

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Thota NBerglund AClear T(2012)Illustration of paradigm pluralism in computing education researchProceedings of the Fourteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference - Volume 12310.5555/2483716.2483729(103-112)Online publication date: 31-Jan-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2483716.2483729
Berglund ADaniels MPears A(2006)Qualitative research projects in computing education researchProceedings of the 8th Australasian Conference on Computing Education - Volume 5210.5555/1151869.1151875(25-33)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1151869.1151875

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Paradigms for educational research in computer science
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
  2. Enterprise computing
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education

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Thota NBerglund AClear T(2012)Illustration of paradigm pluralism in computing education researchProceedings of the Fourteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference - Volume 12310.5555/2483716.2483729(103-112)Online publication date: 31-Jan-2012
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