Abstract
Changing the introductory programming course from a traditional imperative model to an object-oriented model is not simply a matter of changing compilers and syntax. It requires a profound change in course materials and teaching approach to be successful. We have been working with this transition for almost ten years and have realized that teaching object-oriented programming is not as simple or "natural" as some proponents claim. In fact, it has proven difficult to convey to the students the advantages and methodologies associated with object-oriented programming. To help ourselves and others in a transition like this we have developed a number of "course design principles" as well as teaching methods and examples that have proven to have positive influence on student learning outcome. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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Börstler, J., Nordström, M., Kallin Westin, L., Moström, J. E., & Eliasson, J. (2008). Transitioning to OOP/Java - A never ending story. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 4821 LNCS, pp. 80–97). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77934-6_8
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