What Contributes to Successful Object-Oriented Learning?

Abstract

There are many conjectures about what sort of person most readily lcams object-oriented tcchnology.While often provocative, none have been confirmed by reliable studies.We describe the first serious attempt to look for factors influencing successful object-oriented learning, by studying scvcral hundred students in introductory objcctoticntcd programming courses.Contrary to what some have asscrtcd, WC lind that scvcral mcasurcs of depth and breadth of programming background arc associated with success.