Teaching OOP with BlueJ: A Case Study

In this paper we present our findings on teaching OOP with BlueJ in the context of a one-semester programming course. We organize our findings, i.e., the difficulties, the errors, and the misconceptions that students encounter, in two categories: (a) difficulties attributed to the special characteri...

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Main Authors: Xinogalos, S., Sartatzemi, M., Dagdilelis, V., Evangelidis, G.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer aided software engineering
Computer languages
Education
Guidelines
Informatics
Java
Object oriented programming
Programming environments
Programming profession
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Summary:In this paper we present our findings on teaching OOP with BlueJ in the context of a one-semester programming course. We organize our findings, i.e., the difficulties, the errors, and the misconceptions that students encounter, in two categories: (a) difficulties attributed to the special characteristics of OOP, and, (b) difficulties that may be attributed to the features of the programming environment
ISSN:2161-3761
2161-377X
DOI:10.1109/ICALT.2006.1652599