Identifying novice difficulties in object oriented design

Working Group Reports on ITiCSE on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 28-32

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

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Design faults; Introductory programming; Software design

Indexed keywords

FAULT TOLERANCE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

DESIGN FAULTS; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 34548314347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1140124.1140135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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