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Bayman, Piraye – 1983
Because previous research by Bayman and Mayer (1983) suggests that individuals who attempt to learn their first computer language develop a variety of misconceptions of the meanings of individual programming statements, this study investigated whether it is possible to enhance beginning programmers' understanding of the programming statements…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Concept Formation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBayman, Piraye; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1988
BASIC programing was taught to 95 undergraduates from a manual emphasizing the language's syntax or from a manual that included additional material on the underlying semantics. Both approaches produced equivalent learning of syntactic features of BASIC; however, semantically trained students developed fewer misconceptions and performed better on…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Misconceptions
