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Peer reviewedPea, Roy D. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1986
Three classes of conceptual bugs presenting obstacles to all novice programmers and not related to any specific program--parallelism, intentionality, and egocentrism--are identified and exemplified through student errors. It is suggested these bugs are rooted in students' intuitive feeling that programming languages, like humans, have intelligent,…
Descriptors: Classification, Egocentrism, Error Patterns, Intuition
Peer reviewedPeled, Zimra; And Others – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1992
Proposes a taxonomy to aid decision makers in selecting computer software consistent with their educational values regarding the nature of instruction and the use of information technology, based on beliefs about human development and learning. Characteristics of instruction, properties of software, and the congruence between them are discussed.…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
