Object-oriented design and programming: An investigation of novices' conceptions on objects and classes

ACM Transactions on Computing Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Xinogalos, Stelios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Class; Conceptions; Misconceptions; Object; Object oriented programming; Teaching learning programming

Indexed keywords

STUDENTS;

CLASS; CONCEPTIONS; MISCONCEPTIONS; OBJECT; TEACHING/LEARNING;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84941337071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19466226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2700519     Document Type: Article

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