A Support System for Teaching Computer Programming Based on the Analysis of Compilation Errors

A system was developed to support teaching computer programming to a group of students who have common questions and make common mistakes on practice computer programs. The system extrapolates the causes and syntaxes of students’ compilation errors by analyzing the trends of past compilation errors and presents the extrapolated result to the teacher in real time. By using the system, a teacher can understand in real time students’ programming mistakes when they are writing computer programs, and can appropriately teach computer programming to a group of students who have common problems.