A Think-Aloud Study of Novice Debugging

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A Think-Aloud Study of Novice Debugging

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Auckland University of Technology

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Tuwhera

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Debugging is a core skill required by programmers, yet we know little about how to effectively teach the process of debugging. The challenges of learning debugging are compounded for novices who lack experience and are still learning the tools they need to program effectively. In this work, we report a case study in which we used a think-aloud protocol to gain insight into the behaviour of three students engaged in debugging tasks. Our qualitative analysis reveals a variety of helpful practic...

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Research paper

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Journal article

Date created

2023-03-30

Creator

Whalley, Jacqueline / Settle, Amber / Luxton-Reilly, Andrew

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https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/16708

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3901 Curriculum and Pedagogy / 46 Information and Computing Sciences / 39 Education / 0806 Information Systems / 0899 Other Information and Computing Sciences / 1301 Education Systems / Education / 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy / 4608 Human-centred computing

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