@inproceedings{bf6e58627670492ebf3c04652e3d69f0,
title = "A qualitative think aloud study of the early neo-piagetian stages of reasoning in novice programmers",
abstract = "Recent research indicates that some of the difficulties faced by novice programmers are manifested very early in their learning. In this paper, we present data from think aloud studies that demonstrate the nature of those difficulties. In the think alouds, novices were required to complete short programming tasks which involved either hand executing ({"}tracing{"}) a short piece of code, or writing a single sentence describing the purpose of the code. We interpret our think aloud data within a neo-Piagetian framework, demonstrating that some novices reason at the sensorimotor and preoperational stages, not at the higher concrete operational stage at which most instruction is implicitly targeted.",
keywords = "neo-Piagetian, programming, think aloud",
author = "Donna Teague and Malcolm Comey and Alireza Ahadi and Raymond Lister",
year = "2013",
language = "English",
series = "Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology",
publisher = "Australian Computer Society",
pages = "87--95",
editor = "Jacqueline Whalley and Angela Carbone",
booktitle = "ACE 2013",
address = "Australia",
note = "Australasian Computing Education Conference (15th : 2013), ACE 2013 ; Conference date: 29-01-2013 Through 01-02-2013",
}