Towards empirical studies of programming in new paradigms

Carey, Tom; Shepherd, Miles

doi:10.1145/322609.322618

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“…Studies investigated the transition between declarative and procedural paradigms and between procedural and object-oriented paradigms. For example, studies showed a negative transfer from procedural programming to LP of some concepts (e.g., recursion) and a positive transfer of the comprehension of computational processes (Carey, & Shepherd, 1988;Haberman, 2004). Other studies indicated significant difficulties regarding the transition from procedural programming to OOP (e.g., Ross, & Zhang, 1997).…”

Section: Learning Different Paradigmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

So Different Though So Similar? – Or Vice Versa? Exploration of the Logic Programming and the Object-Oriented Programming Paradigms

Haberman¹,

Ragonis

2010

IISIT

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Computer science (CS) curricula are composed of various study modules, each of which focuses on particular contents, concepts, principles, and associated problem-solving methods. Developers of CS curricula recommend that students become acquainted with different programming paradigms in order to acquire alternative ways of computational thinking and various approaches for problem solving. In this paper, we illuminate two different though related paradigms: objectoriented programming and logic programming. We present and discuss the findings of a comparative study aimed at revealing similarities and dissimilarities between object oriented programming and logic programming in the context of problem-solving approaches and conclude with guidelines for instructional design of a study track that combines both paradigms.

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Section: Learning Different Paradigmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

So Different Though So Similar? – Or Vice Versa? Exploration of the Logic Programming and the Object-Oriented Programming Paradigms

Haberman¹,

Ragonis

2010

IISIT

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“…Other studies [5,6] consider more generally the comparison of programming paradigms, without a focus on concurrency. The study of Carey and Shepherd [5] focused on learning new paradigms and how students are affected by their past experience. Harrison et al [6] compared functional programming to object oriented programming.…”

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“…Answer A. 5 The computation takes at least 80 time units, as can be seen from the following sequence diagram. Answer A.7 A statement will be executed with wait-by-necessity semantics if it contains a query on a separate target.…”

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A Comparative Study of the Usability of Two Object-oriented Concurrent Programming Languages

Nanz,

Torshizi,

Pedroni

et al. 2010

Preprint

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Concurrency has been rapidly gaining importance in general-purpose computing, caused by the recent turn towards multicore processing architectures. As a result, an increasing number of developers have to learn to write concurrent programs, a task that is known to be hard even for the expert. Language designers are therefore working on languages that promise to make concurrent programming "easier" than using traditional thread libraries. However, the claim that a new language is more usable than another cannot be supported by purely theoretical considerations, but calls for empirical studies. In this paper, we present the design of a study to compare concurrent programming languages with respect to comprehending and debugging existing programs and writing correct new programs. A critical challenge for such a study is avoiding the bias that might be introduced during the training phase and when interpreting participants' solutions. We address these issues by the use of self-study material and an evaluation scheme that exposes any subjective decisions of the corrector, or eliminates them altogether. We apply our design to a comparison of two object-oriented languages for concurrency, multithreaded Java and SCOOP (Simple Concurrent Object-Oriented Programming), in an academic setting. We obtain results in favor of SCOOP even though the study participants had previous training in Java Threads.

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“…Programming Languages and Programming Paradigms The subject of programming paradigm is part of any computer science curricula and many researchers emphasize the importance of both teaching the subject to students and of exposing students to a number of programming paradigms (Carey and Shepherd, 1988;Floyd, 1979; Van Roy, Armstrong, Flatt and Magnusson, 2003). Our review, conducted mainly by means of a thorough internet survey, reveals that most programming languages/paradigms courses emphasize the programming language aspect, while teachers pay less attention to the programming paradigm aspect.…”

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Students' understanding of computer science soft ideas

Stolin

Hazzan

2007

SIGCSE Bull.

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The article presents a research that focused on how the concept programming paradigm is understood in general, and on the understanding of the following three programming paradigms, in particular: functional, procedural, and object-oriented. The research population included seventeen prospective computer science teachers who were participating in a " Programming Paradigms" course. Research observations are organized within a framework that categorizes students' thinking about the concept of programming paradigm in three levels of abstraction.

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Towards empirical studies of programming in new paradigms

Abstract: Programmer8 learning a new paradigm seem to show both positive and negative transfer effects from their programming experience. This paper presents an initial discussion of relearning programming, and preliminary empirical studies.

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

So Different Though So Similar? – Or Vice Versa? Exploration of the Logic Programming and the Object-Oriented Programming Paradigms

So Different Though So Similar? – Or Vice Versa? Exploration of the Logic Programming and the Object-Oriented Programming Paradigms

A Comparative Study of the Usability of Two Object-oriented Concurrent Programming Languages

Students' understanding of computer science soft ideas

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