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The Flipped Computer Science Classroom: A Modern Approach to Programmed Instruction

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Writing over three decades ago in 1984, preeminent behaviorist psychologist B. F. Skinner believed that most of the problems in the American school system could be easily solved if students were able to learn twice as much content, yet with the same amount of time and energy (Skinner, 1984)

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Reynolds, J.L., Tan, D. (2020). The Flipped Computer Science Classroom: A Modern Approach to Programmed Instruction. In: Walker, Z., Tan, D., Koh, N.K. (eds) Flipped Classrooms with Diverse Learners. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4171-1_8

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