Studying students’ conceptual grasp of OOP concepts in two interactive programming environments

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 19, Issue , 2008, Pages 578-585

  Xinogalos, Stelios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computer science education research; Educational software; Interactive programming environments; Object oriented programming

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION COMPUTING; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS; EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE; OBJECT-ORIENTED CONCEPTS; PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TEACHING APPROACHES; TEACHING OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84872182233     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: 18650937     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-87783-7_73     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (15)

1. Barnes, D., Kölling, M.: Objects First with Java: A practical introduction using BlueJ. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs (2004)
2. Bergin, J., Stehlik, M., Roberts, J., Pattis, R.: Karel++ - A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Object-Oriented Programming. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (1997)
3. Carter, J., Fowler, A.: Object Oriented Students? SIGCSE Bulletin 28(3), 271 (1998)
4. Fleury, A.: Encapsulation and reuse as viewed by java students. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 33(1), 189–193 (2001)
5. Fleury, A.: Programming in Java: student-constructed rules. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 32(1), 197–201 (2000)
6. Holland, S., Griffiths, R., Woodman, M.: Avoiding object misconceptions. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 29(1), 131–134 (1997)
7. Hristova, M., Misra, A., Rutter, M., Mercuri, R.: Identifying and Correcting Java Programming Errors for Introductory Computer Science Students. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 35(1), 153–156 (2003)
8. Kölling, M., Quig, B., Patterson, A., Rosenberg, J.: The BlueJ system and its pedagogy. Journal of Computer Science Education 13(4), 249–268 (2003)
9. objectKarel, http://www.csis.pace.edu/~bergin/temp/findkarel.html
10. Pattis, R.E., Roberts, J., Stehlik, M.: Karel the Robot: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Programming, 2nd edn. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (1995)
11. Topor, R.: Common (Java) programming errors (last access May 2006), http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~rwt/p2.02.1/errors.html
12. Xinogalos, S.: Educational Technology: a Didactic Microworld for an Introduction to OOP. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece (2002)
13. Xinogalos, S., Satratzemi, M.: Using Hands-on Activities for Motivating Students with OOP Concepts Before They Are Asked to Implement. Them ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 37(3), 380 (2005)
14. Xinogalos, S., Satratzemi, M., Dagdilelis, V.: An introduction to object-oriented programming with a didactic microworld: objectKarel. Computers & Education 47(2), 148–171 (2006)
15. Xinogalos, S., Satratzemi, M., Dagdilelis, V.: A Comparison of Two Object-Oriented Programming Environments for Novices. In: Proceedings of IASTED CATE 2007, pp. 49–54 (2007)