Workshop on Novice Abilities In Locating Software Bugs

计算机科学（32）定位软件错误的新手能力研讨会正在考虑这样一种想法，即虽然调试被认为是一个关键概念，也是新手程序员的困难之源，但它很少被明确教授。 智力优势：研讨会正在探索新手学生用来定位他们编写的程序中的错误的策略的范围和广度。 这些信息有助于最近的多机构，基于证据的研究新手水平的程序员的技能的核心。 更广泛的影响：最终，通过确定学生在定位错误时使用的常见策略，教育工作者将能够更好地针对课程干预，并指导学生采用富有成效的调试策略。

Computer Science (32)The Workshop on Novice Abilities In Locating Software Bugs is considering the idea that while debugging is recognized as both a key concept and source of difficulty for novice programmers, it is rarely explicitly taught. Intellectual Merit: The workshop is exploring the range and breadth of strategies novice students use to locate bugs in the programs they write. This information is contributing to the core of recent multi-institutional, evidence-based studies on the skills of novice-level programmers. Broader Impacts: Ultimately, by identifying common strategies students use in locating bugs, educators will be able to better target curricular interventions and guide students in productive debugging strategies.