A tutor for using dynamic memory in C++

Using dynamic memory has been a source of frustration for computer science and engineering students programming in C++. We designed a tutor to help students understand dynamic memory and avoid the pitfalls of using it. The tutor automatically generates problems on dynamic memory usage, and provides detailed feedback on the user´s answers. Our evaluation of the tutor indicates that using it helps improve both the cognitive and affective learning of students. In this paper, we describe the design of the tutor, discuss our evaluation protocol and present the results of evaluation.