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

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  • Explain to students that classes are independent from one another, so their methods can share the same name.

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

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Misconception: Students struggle with the jump from writing code in one method to writing code in two methods.
Support students until they are proficient with content from the beginning of the course as subsequent content will be all the more difficult to learn without mastery of prior content, particularly in introductory CS courses.
Emphasize the importance of developing a consistent naming schema, especially for booleans, as a part of good style.
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