Methods and tools for exploring novice compilation behaviour

ICER 2006 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Computing Education Research Workshop

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 73-84

  Jadud, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Bluej; Compilation; Compiler; Java; Novice

Indexed keywords

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROGRAM COMPILERS; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS;

COMPILATION BEHAVIOR; EDIT COMPILE CYCLE; PROGRAM LEARNING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 34247343308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1151588.1151600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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