Students' alternative standards for correctness

Authors:
Yifat Ben-David Kolikant
Affiliations:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem
Venue:
Proceedings of the first international workshop on Computing education research
Year:
2005

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Abstract

We examined students' definition of correctness as reflected by their decisions whether certain programs are correct. Using a questionnaire we found that students understand correctness as a relative property of the program and therefore might decide that a program is correct even when they evidence its incorrect behavior. We also found that students' definitions of systematic testing are inherently different from that of professionals, yet are consistent with their tolerance to errors.