Correctness

Epistemology

Psychiatry

Mathematics education

Philosophy

Psychology

Set (abstract data type)

Programming language

Code (set theory)

Quality (philosophy)

Carelessness

Computer science

Code quality has been receiving less attention than program correctness in both the practice of and research into programming education. Writing poor quality code might be a sign of carelessness, or not fully understanding programming concepts and language constructs. Teachers play an important role in addressing quality issues, and encouraging students to write better code as early as possible.

How Teachers Would Help Students to Improve Their Code