Identifying novice difficulties in object oriented design

ITiCSE06 - Proceedings of the 11th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 28-32

  Thomasson, Benjy ^a   Ratcliffe, Mark ^a   Thomas, Lynda ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design faults; Introductory programming; Software design

Indexed keywords

DESIGN FAULTS; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; EDUCATION; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33748960763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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