“So my program doesn’t run!” Definition, origins, and practi…

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  • DOI 10.1080/08993400802156400
  • OpenAlex ID W2018477250
  • Type Article
  • Language EN
  • Published 01 Jun 2008
  • Volume 18 (2)
  • Pages 135–151
  • Source Computer Science Education
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis
  • FWCI 6.51
  • Countries 1
  • Institutions 1
  • Added 10 Oct 2025
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“So my program doesn’t run!” Definition, origins, and practical expressions of students’ (mis)conceptions of correctness

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We studied students' conceptions of correctness and their influence on students' correctness-related practices by examining how 159 students had analyzed the correctness of error-free and erroneous algorithms and by interviewing seven students regarding their work. We found that students conceptualized program correctness as the sum of the correctness of its constituent operations and, therefore,…

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1 Yifat Ben‐David Kolikant Corresponding Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
2 M. Mussai Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL) —

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