Compile Much? A Closer Look at the Programming Behavior of Novices in Different Compilation and Error Message Presentation Contexts
Ioannis Karvelas, Joe Dillane, Brett A. Becker · 2020
Learning to program is a process that relies on learning theoretical fundamentals as well as practice, and almost always involves some type of programming environment. In order to build effective environments that support good learning for novices, it is important to explore the interaction between novices and these environments. A variety of feedback mechanisms are employed by various environments in use in classrooms today. Some, such as text-based error messages are common to almost all. Other interaction mechanisms, such as invoking the compiler, can vary rather drastically.