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Content Misconceptions

Misconceptions: Students have difficulty distinguishing between the Broadcast and Say blocks in Scratch.

Misconception: Students believe that when they assign a = b, they are copying b into a rather than making a point to b.

Misconception: Students think that “return x*x” changes the value of x to be x*x.

Misconception: Students think that when they create a new variable within a function, that function will automatically return that variable’s value when executed.

Misconception: Students have trouble understanding the difference between the “glide” and “go to” blocks in Scratch.

Misconception: Students create a new instance variable when they only need a local variable.

Misconception: Students create a new object when they only need to copy a reference.

Misconception: Students believe that boolean values can only be used in conditionals.

Misconception: Students believe that methods in different classes cannot have the same name.

Misconception: Students think that it’s possible to write methods that add attributes to a Java class.

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