Abstract
TRAPS is an interactive gaming environment. Playing TRAPS, novices in computer programming will gain first experience in using structured programming language constructs and in ”putting them together”. In doing so, the learners are supported by an intelligent computer coach.
In this paper we describe some major difficulties, which novices have with computer programming and which, we hope, will be overcome playing TRAPS. We mention the influence that natural language has on novice's difficulties with computer programming and outline the roles of concrete models and experience in learning a programming language.
Furthermore, we describe the architecture of the coach, that offers hints based on a student model and an analysis of the student's current move.
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Witschital, P., Stiege, G., Kühme, T. (1989). Experiencing programming language constructs with TRAPS. In: Maurer, H. (eds) Computer Assisted Learning. ICCAL 1989. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 360. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51142-3_89
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