How students (mis)understand simple control structures - an attempt at a taxonomy

Start Page
766
End Page
766
Citation
30th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2025
Contribution to Conference
30th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2025  
Publisher DOI
10.1145/3724389.3730797
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-105011815864
Publisher
ACM
ISBN
979-8-4007-1569-3
Being able to read and correctly trace code is an essential skill in computer science. This poster presents a taxonomy of the misconceptions and difficulties concerning this skill. We developed our taxonomy with the aim of creating a good basis for developing effective assessment tools and teaching interventions.
Subjects
computing education
difficulties
iteration
misconceptions
reading code
selection
tracing
DDC Class
600: Technology