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ERIC Number: EJ182480
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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An Empirical Study of Formal Procedure Specification
Bell, D. A.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, 3, 2, 163-8, Apr 78
Programing a computer is a problem-solving activity which can be categorized as formal procedure specification. The reported study focuses on the incidence and severity of errors committed by novice programers during the development and "debugging" of computer programs. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Problem Solving, Programers, Programing, Programing Problems, Student Evaluation
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Identifiers: COBOL Programing Language; FORTRAN Programing Language; Ireland; Pascal (Blaise)