Skip to main content
CS Teaching Tips

Main navigation

  • Browse All Tips
  • Tags
  • 3D
  • About
  • Rate Tips
  • Tip Sheets

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

Share Misconception: Students believe that methods in different classes cannot have the same name. with FacebookShare Misconception: Students believe that methods in different classes cannot have the same name. with Twitter
  • Explain to students that classes are independent from one another, so their methods can share the same name.

More about this tip

Tags

  • Content Misconceptions
  • CS 1
  • Intro Programming
External Source

"Visual program simulation in introductory programming education" by Juha Sorva.

Other Tips By
Other Tips By Juha Sorva

Similar tips

Misconception: students struggle with the onMousePress method (and other mouse interaction methods) in the Java objectdraw Library from Williams College; they need help understanding it’s called even when don’t explicitly call it.
Have students play a game of Telephone and trace the path of a message to introduce how computers create phylogenetic trees.
Create notes that look like Javadocs instead of introducing Javadocs so students are scaffolded in reading Javadocs without being overwhelmed by all the material available.

For more information or to report a bug, contact us at admin@csteachingtips.org. Built with Bootstrap. Powered by Drupal.

Privacy Policy