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

  • Explain to students that boolean values are comparable to numbers or strings in that they can be used anywhere when programming.
    • This will encourage students to treat booleans as they would any other object.

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  • Content Misconceptions
  • CS 1
  • Intro Programming
  • Programming Concepts
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"Visual program simulation in introductory programming education" by Juha Sorva.

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