An Analysis of Students´ Difficulties with ArrayList Object Collections and Proposals for Supporting the Learning Process

Author

Xinogalos, Stelios ; Satratzemi, Maya ; Dagdilelis, Vassilios

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Inf., Univ. of Macedonia, Thessaloniki

fYear

2008

fDate

1-5 July 2008

Firstpage

180

Lastpage

182

Abstract

The use of collections for grouping objects is very common in object oriented applications, and even small-scale programs developed by undergraduate students. One of the most popular collections is the ArrayList that according to many researchers should be emphasized over the fundamental data structure of Arrays. However, learning to use an ArrayList collection correctly is not easy. In this paper we present an analysis of undergraduate students´ difficulties with ArrayLists and some proposals for supporting the learning process.

Keywords

Java; computer aided instruction; data structures; object-oriented programming; ArrayList object collections; fundamental data structure; object oriented applications; small-scale programs; undergraduate students; Books; Data structures; Educational technology; Informatics; Java; Object oriented programming; Programming profession; Proposals; Skeleton; Technology management; Object Oriented Programming; students´ difficulties;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies, 2008. ICALT '08. Eighth IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Santander, Cantabria

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3167-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2008.159

Filename

4561660