Misconception: In Java, students struggle with equal signs because they mistakenly see them as a sign of symmetry.
- This is a misconception that typically comes from math courses.
- Students need to relearn that the double equals in java, the equality operator, is checking for the same content, not a parallel or balanced equation.
- Students also need to relearn that single equals, the assignment operator, which assigns the value on the right to the operand on the left (and is also not a sign of symmetry).