Does programming language affect the type of conceptual bugs in beginners' programs? A comparison of FPL and Pascal

Authors:
N. Cunniff;R. P. Taylor;J. B. Black
Affiliations:
Department of Communication, Computing and Technology in Education, Center for Intelligent Tools in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University;Department of Communication, Computing and Technology in Education, Center for Intelligent Tools in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University;Department of Communication, Computing and Technology in Education, Center for Intelligent Tools in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
Venue:
CHI '86 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
1986

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Abstract

The effect of the graphical programming language FPL (First Programming Language) on the occurrence of conceptual bugs in programs written by novices was studied. The type and location for each bug, and the frequency for each type were all recorded following procedures developed in an earlier Yale University study of novice Pascal programming. The findings were compared with those of the earlier study, and suggest that FPL may help beginning programmers avoid some common conceptual errors in their programming.