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What about a Simple Language? Analyzing the Difficulties in Learning to Program
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Mannila, Linda; Peltomaki, Mia; Salakoski, Tapio – Computer Science Education, 2006
In this paper, we present the results from a two-part study. We analyze 60 programs written by novice programmers aged 16-19 after their first programming course, in either Java or Python. The aim is to find difficulties independent of the language used, and such originating from the language. Second, we analyze the transition from a…
Descriptors: Programming, Programming Languages, Syntax, Learning Problems