BibTeX:

@inproceedings{10.1145/3478431.3499314,
author = {Denny, Paul and Becker, Brett A. and Bosch, Nigel and Prather, James and Reeves, Brent and Whalley, Jacqueline},
title = {Novice Reflections During the Transition to a New Programming Language},
year = {2022},
isbn = {9781450390705},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3478431.3499314},
doi = {10.1145/3478431.3499314},
abstract = {As computing students progress through their studies they become proficient with multiple programming languages. Prior work investigating language transitions for novices has tended to analyze program artifacts rather than explore the benefits and difficulties as perceived by students in their own words, and has often overlooked problems that may arise in switching paradigms or where familiar syntax has a different meaning in the new language. In this paper, we ask students to reflect on the transition from an interpreted language and environment (MATLAB) to a compiled language (C), prompting comments on the aspects of learning the new language that they found both easier and harder. Analysis of over 70,000 words written by 771 students revealed that the highest-performing students expressed more negative sentiments towards the language transition -- a surprising result that we hypothesize is explained by their generally stronger metacognitive skills. We also report the most common difficulties described by students, which include challenges with syntax, error messages, and the process of compilation, and suggest teaching practices that might help students as they transition to a new programming language.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1},
pages = {948–954},
numpages = {7},
keywords = {language transition, sentiment, programming, metacognition},
location = {Providence, RI, USA},
series = {SIGCSE 2022}
}

EndNote:

%0 Conference Paper
%T Novice Reflections During the Transition to a New Programming Language
%@ 9781450390705
%U https://doi.org/10.1145/3478431.3499314
%R 10.1145/3478431.3499314
%B Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1
%I Association for Computing Machinery
%A Paul Denny
%A Brett A. Becker
%A Nigel Bosch
%A James Prather
%A Brent Reeves
%A Jacqueline Whalley
%D 2022
%P 948–954
%K metacognition, language transition, sentiment, programming
%C Providence, RI, USA

ACM:

Paul Denny, Brett A. Becker, Nigel Bosch, James Prather, Brent Reeves, and Jacqueline Whalley. 2022. Novice Reflections During the Transition to a New Programming Language. In Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1 (SIGCSE 2022). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 948–954. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3478431.3499314