Eckert, DimitriDimitriEckertTimmermann, DionDionTimmermannKautz, ChristianChristianKautz2022-12-202022-12-202022-10IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2022)http://hdl.handle.net/11420/14432Research Work in Progress Paper: Loops are a fundamental concept of programming. For novice programmers loops generally and nested loops specifically pose big difficulties. This paper identifies common student misconceptions about loops in a first-year C++ introductory computer science course and the relation of these misconceptions to representations. These findings could help design effective instructional methods.enConference Paper10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962545Conference Paper