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From Clinical Interviews to Policy Recommendations: A Case Study in High School Computer Programming. Study of Stanford and the Schools Technology Panel.
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Sleeman, D.; Gong, Brian – 1985
In order to determine the knowledge and skills needed by novice programmers to successfully learn computer programming, four studies were conducted using a clinical interview technique. The first study determined that many systematic errors in programming were due to programmers' high-level misconceptions of the nature of the computer and of the…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Computers, Error Patterns
A Summary of Misconceptions of High School BASIC Programmers. Technology Panel Study of Stanford and the Schools. Occasional Report #010.
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Putnam, Ralph; And Others – 1984
Misconceptions high school students have about constructs in the BASIC programming language were examined in this study. A total of 96 high school students received a screening test after a semester course in BASIC programming, and 56 of these students were subsequently interviewed by means of questions and short programs prepared in advance. The…
Descriptors: Computers, Error Patterns, High School Students, High Schools