ragonisLongtermInvestigationComprehension2005
2005
A long-term investigation of the comprehension of OOP concepts by novices
Computer Science Education, 15, 3
Authors:Noa Ragonis
Mordechai Ben-Ari
Study InformationManually extracted from the paper by the Progmiscon.org team
Programming Languages
Java
Method
Qualitative study (observations and field notes, audio and video recordings, and collection of artifacts)
Subjects
47 grade 10 students
Related MisconceptionsReferenced by 5 Misconceptions
AddMemberAtRuntime
Set of class members can change at runtimeConstructorAllocates
The constructor allocates the objectConstructorReturnsObject
Constructors need to return objectsMustInitializeFieldInConstructor
Constructors must assign values to all fieldsNoEmptyConstructor
A constructor must do something