Teaching Good Programming Style to COBOL Students
Alan C. Benander, Barbara A. Benander · Journal of Research on Computing in Education · 1988
Pedagogically significant results from an experiment which analyzed over 600 student COBOL programs for style provide evidence supportive of the use of good programming style. This paper presents some approaches which will aid instructors in the task of teaching good programming style to COBOL students. Specifically, the use of a style analyzer is discussed, a ranking of the style characteristics most often abused by COBOL students is presented, and classroom techniques for teaching good programming style are suggested.