Conclusion

This chapter concludes the study presented in this book. It briefly summarizes the results answering the research questions guiding this work. The goal of this chapter is thus to outline the programming competencies expected within introductory programming modules in the first three to four semesters of computer science study programs at German universities. Moreover, the adequacy of the discipline-agnostic Anderson Krathwohl Taxonomy for the context of computing, and especially programming education has been evaluated. Accordingly, observations and implications derived from the conducted analyses are presented. The last research questions addressed factors preventing and contributing to developing programming competencies from the expert perspective. Accordingly, relevant factors are summarized. Based on these results, conclusions concerning introductory programming education, learning objectives, and curricula are derived. Finally, open questions and desiderata for future work are summarized.