Wang, K. (2015, June), Enhancing The Teaching Of CS 1 By Programming Mobile Apps In MIT App Inventor  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24009

\bibitem{asee_peer_24009}
  Wang, K. (2015, June), \emph{Enhancing The Teaching Of CS 1 By Programming Mobile Apps In MIT App Inventor}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.24009

Kefei Wang.  "Enhancing The Teaching Of CS 1 By Programming Mobile Apps In MIT App Inventor".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/24009 Internet.  16 May, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_24009}
  Kefei Wang.
  "Enhancing The Teaching Of CS 1 By Programming Mobile Apps In MIT App Inventor".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/24009 Internet.  16 May, 2025

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