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Bayman, P., Mayer, R.E., "A diagnosis of beginning programmers' misconceptions of BASIC programming statements", Communications of the ACM, 26, 9, pp. 677-679, September 1983. Google
679 ;;Quote: novices misunderstand the input statement: what is inputted, where is it stored, does the computer wait?; e.g. input a, means letter 'a' is stored
679 ;;Quote: novices misunderstand goto's: what if condition is false, find number or line number, ignore the condition?
679 ;;Quote: novices misunderstand the assignment statement: is the equation solved or is it stored?
679 ;;Quote: novices misunderstand the print statement: variables vs. literals, is a record saved of everything printed
679 ;;Quote: novices need training in the computer model, key statement transactions, and role playing for statements and programs
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