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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 41 , Issue 9 (September 1998) table of contents

Pages: 77 - 84

Year of Publication: 1998

ISSN:0001-0782

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Judith Gal-Ezer	Open Univ. of Israel, Tel-Aviv, Israel
David Harel	Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
Subjects: Computer science education

General Terms:
Human Factors

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