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Direct linkMiller, Craig S. – Computer Science Education, 2014
When learning to program, students often mistakenly refer to an element that is structurally related to the element that they intend to reference. For example, they may indicate the attribute of an object when their intention is to reference the whole object. This paper examines these reference-point errors through the context of metonymy.…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Novices, Figurative Language
