Sanaa M. Algaraibeh
ABSTRACT
Teaching and learning introductory programming in the first year of college is a significant challenge facing computer science practitioners. Knowing when and how to give feedback to learners in their code is a vital question in this research area, and this implies we must overcome the difficulties of compiler error messages. This doctoral project proposes a technique to parse the source code in three phases that may help generate better syntax error messages. It also analyzes the syntax error messages from the learner’s perspective. Finally, we are conducting an experiment to evaluate this technique.
- Brett A Becker, Paul Denny, Raymond Pettit, Durell Bouchard, Dennis J Bouvier, Brian Harrington, Amir Kamil, Amey Karkare, Chris McDonald, Peter-Michael Osera, 2019. Compiler error messages considered unhelpful: The landscape of text-based programming error message research. In Proceedings of the working group reports on innovation and technology in computer science education. 177–210.Google Scholar
Digital Library
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- Clinton L Jeffery. 2003. Generating LR syntax error messages from examples. ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS) 25, 5(2003), 631–640.Google ScholarDigital Library
- M Algaraibeh Sana’a, Tonia A Dousay, and Clinton L Jeffery. 2020. Integrated Learning Development Environment for Learning and Teaching C/C++ Language to Novice Programmers. In 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). IEEE, 1–5.Google Scholar
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