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An empirical study of novice program comprehension in the imperative and object-oriented styles
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Avoiding object misconceptions
SIGCSE '97 Proceedings of the twenty-eighth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Constructivism in computer science education
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Teaching recursion in a procedural environment—how much should we emphasize the computing model?
SIGCSE '99 The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Object Concept: An Introduction to Computer Programming Using C++
Object Concept: An Introduction to Computer Programming Using C++
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Java Software Solutions: Foundations of Program Design
Explorations: structured labs for first-time programmers
Proceedings of the thirty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education
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Proceedings of the thirty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education
Shared terminology, private syntax: the case of recursive descriptions
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SIGCSE '02 Proceedings of the 33rd SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
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Proceedings of the 35th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
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Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Novice Java programmers' conceptions of "object" and "class", and variation theory
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OOPSLA '05 Companion to the 20th annual ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented programming, systems, languages, and applications
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ACE '06 Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Conference on Computing Education - Volume 52
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Checklists for grading object-oriented CS1 programs: concepts and misconceptions
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Animation Metaphors for Object-Oriented Concepts
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Evaluating OO example programs for CS1
Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
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ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE)
Difficulties in Learning Inheritance and Polymorphism
ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE)
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Fuzzy OOP: expanded and reduced term interpretations
Proceedings of the 17th ACM annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
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Java is becoming a popular first programming language for university students. One reason for its popularity is its power as an object-oriented language. This study examined beginning students' understanding of the construction and use of objects in Java. During tape-recorded interviews, students were asked to predict which programs from a collection of similar programs would work according to specification and which would not. This paper will discuss those interviews, including the most common false assumptions or “student-constructed rules” invoked by the students and the implications of the interviews for instruction.