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Download full textSbaraglia, Marco; Lodi, Michael; Martini, Simone – Informatics in Education, 2021
Introductory programming courses (CS1) are difficult for novices. Inspired by "Problem solving followed by instruction" and "Productive Failure" approaches, we define an original "necessity-driven" learning design. Students are put in an apparently well-known situation, but this time they miss an essential ingredient…
Descriptors: Programming, Introductory Courses, Computer Science Education, Programming Languages
Mannila, Linda – Informatics in Education, 2010
In this paper, we analyze the errors novice students make when developing invariant based programs. In addition to presenting the general error types, we also look at what students have difficulty with when it comes to expressing invariants. The results indicate that an introductory course utilizing the invariant based approach is suitable from…
Descriptors: Novices, Error Patterns, Difficulty Level, Introductory Courses
