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.

  • 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: Student think costumes are outfits rather than the overall appearance of a sprite in Scratch.
Have students design a simple game using classes in Python so they realize that even beginners are capable of writing interesting programs.
Having students trace a simple program for drawing a set of squares in Processing to introduce loops and strengthen student understanding for-loops with a body of code through practice.

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

Privacy Policy