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Toni Taipalus; Hilkka Grahn; Saima Ritonummi; Valtteri Siitonen; Tero Vartiainen; Denis Zhidkikh – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2025
SQL compiler error messages are the primary way users receive feedback when they encounter syntax errors or other issues in their SQL queries. Effective error messages can enhance the user experience by providing clear, informative, and actionable feedback. Despite the age of SQL compilers, it still remains largely unclear what contributes to an…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Novices, Information Systems, Programming Languages
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Bennedsen, Jens; Schulte, Carsten – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2010
This article reports on an experiment undertaken in order to evaluate the effect of a program visualization tool for helping students to better understand the dynamics of object-oriented programs. The concrete tool used was BlueJ's debugger and object inspector. The study was done as a control-group experiment in an introductory programming…
Descriptors: Programming, Introductory Courses, Control Groups, Experimental Groups