Teaching Programming Error Message Understanding

Sep 1, 2024·
Dennis J Bouvier
,
Ellie Lovellette
,
Eddie Antonio Santos
,
Brett A. Becker
,
Venu G. Dasigi
,
Jack Forden
,
Olga Glebova
Swaroop Joshi
Swaroop Joshi
,
Stan Kurkovsky
,
Seán Russell
DOI
Abstract
Research shows a lack of focus on teaching students how to effectively utilize programming error messages, despite their significant impact on the learning experience. This study presents research on teaching novice programmers how to use error messages, including survey results and an empirical study on an example lesson.
Type
Publication
Working Group Reports on 2023 ACM Conference on Global Computing Education
Status
Peer-reviewed Open access
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Note

This is a full-paper version of our initial working group report.