Abstract

Three classes of conceptual bugs presenting obstacles to all novice programmers and not related to any specific program--parallelism, intentionality, and egocentrism--are identified and exemplified through student errors. It is suggested these bugs are rooted in students' intuitive feeling that programming languages, like humans, have intelligent, interpretive powers. (MBR)

Citation

Pea, R.D. (1986). Language-Independent Conceptual "Bugs" in Novice Programming. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2(1), 25-36. Retrieved August 6, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/169784/.

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Keywords

• classification
• Egocentrism
• Error Patterns
• Intuition
• Literature Reviews
• Opinion Papers
• Programing
• Programing Languages
• students