Teaching Programming Error Message Understanding
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Dennis J Bouvier
Ellie Lovellette
Eddie Antonio Santos
Brett A. Becker
Venu G. Dasigi
Jack Forden
Olga Glebova
Swaroop Joshi
Stan Kurkovsky
Seán Russell
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
Note
This is a full-paper version of our initial working group report.
