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

  • 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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