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  Exploratory study of student programming errors in Java programming courses at the National University of Samoa
     
    International Conference on Infomration System, Computer Engineering & Application ( ICISCEA 2011 )
    © 2011 by OLS Journal - ISSN No : 2091- 0266
    Number 1
    Year of Publication : December Issue , 2011
    Authors :Ioana Tuugalei Chan Mow
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  Citation Ioana Tuugalei Chan Mow : Exploratory study of student programming errors in Java programming courses at the National University of Samoa: OLS Journals Special Isssue onInfomration System, Computer Engineering & Application , 2011 , Published by : OLS Journals
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  Abstract  
 

Computing students’ difficulties in making sense of Java programming provided a practical context for a critical investigation of why this continues to exist.  An exploratory study was conducted by Computing department staff at the National University of Samoa to investigate what were the most common errors students made in Java programming classes. Program code from undergraduate Java programming classes were analysed for errors. Errors were categorized and the frequency of occurrence also tabled.  Results of the analyses were used to form recommendations to inform course development and teaching practice.
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  Keywords

: programming errors; Java; syntax; semantic ; logical errors
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