Success in introductory programming: what works?

Leo Porter, Mark Guzdial, Charlie McDowell, Beth Simon. Success in introductory programming: what works?. Communications of the ACM, 56(8):34-36, 2013. [doi]

@article{PorterGMS13,
  title = {Success in introductory programming: what works?},
  author = {Leo Porter and Mark Guzdial and Charlie McDowell and Beth Simon},
  year = {2013},
  doi = {10.1145/2492007.2492020},
  url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2492007.2492020},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/PorterGMS13},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  journal = {Communications of the ACM},
  volume = {56},
  number = {8},
  pages = {34-36},
}