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Does programming language affect the type of conceptual bugs in beginners' programs? A comparison of FPL and Pascal

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R. P. Taylor,

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CHI '86: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 175 - 182

https://doi.org/10.1145/22627.22368

Published: 01 April 1986 Publication History

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The effect of the graphical programming language FPL (First Programming Language) on the occurrence of conceptual bugs in programs written by novices was studied. The type and location for each bug, and the frequency for each type were all recorded following procedures developed in an earlier Yale University study of novice Pascal programming. The findings were compared with those of the earlier study, and suggest that FPL may help beginning programmers avoid some common conceptual errors in their programming.

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CHI '86: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 1986

362 pages

ISBN:0897911806

DOI:10.1145/22627

ACM SIGCHI Bulletin Volume 17, Issue 4
Special issue: CHI '86 Conference Proceedings
April 1986
346 pages
ISSN:0736-6906
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