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Invariant Based Programming in Education--An Analysis of Student Difficulties
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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