Quick Read: Improving program comprehension through Parson’s Problems

An important precursor to learning to write computer programs is having the necessary program comprehension to interpret the function and structure of existing programs.

One tool that can help learners develop program comprehension is Parson’s Problems, which are exercises that require learners to rearrange lines of code into the
correct sequence.

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