Improve your programming course by using common programming misconceptions, explained by Luca Chiodini.
November 8, 2021

Webinar: CS Education researcher Luca Chiodini on Programming Misconceptions

With our latest webinar, you will learn how a better understanding of common programming misconceptions can improve your CS courses! CS Education researcher Luca Chiodini discusses his research on Programming Misconceptions and shares practical tips on how you can put that to practice in your courses too. This webinar was part of our monthly Focus Groups and was recorded on November 5th 2021, it is available on demand now.

About the presenter

Luca Chiodini is a researcher and PhD student at USI (Università della Svizzera italiana) in Lugano, Switzerland. He is specifically interested in effective computer science education as well as teaching & learning practices. We invited him to do a presentation for CodeGrade because of his excellent research on "Programming Misconceptions". He authored a paper, called "A Curated Inventory of Programming Language Misconceptions" (find full PDF here) and co-created a website, https://progmiscon.org/, which makes this inventory of programming language misconceptions accessible and insightful for teachers and students.

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