Explaining Debugging Strategies to End-User Programmers

Neeraja Subrahmaniyan; Derek Inman; Jared Kaplan; Cory Kissinger; Kyle Rector; Laura Beckwith; Margaret Burnett

doi:10.1109/VLHCC.2007.18

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IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC 2007)

Explaining Debugging Strategies to End-User Programmers

Coeur d?Al?ne, Idaho

September 23-September 27

ISBN: 0-7695-2987-9

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	Neeraja Subrahmaniyan, Cory Kissinger, Kyle Rector, Derek Inman, Jared Kaplan, Laura Beckwith, Margaret Burnett, "Explaining Debugging Strategies to End-User Programmers," Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, IEEE Symposium on, pp. 127-136, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC 2007), 2007.

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	@article{ 10.1109/VLHCC.2007.18, author = {Neeraja Subrahmaniyan and Cory Kissinger and Kyle Rector and Derek Inman and Jared Kaplan and Laura Beckwith and Margaret Burnett}, title = {Explaining Debugging Strategies to End-User Programmers}, journal ={Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, IEEE Symposium on}, volume = {0}, year = {2007}, isbn = {0-7695-2987-9}, pages = {127-136}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/VLHCC.2007.18}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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Neeraja Subrahmaniyan, Oregon State University, USA

Cory Kissinger, Oregon State University, USA

Kyle Rector, Oregon State University, USA

Derek Inman, Oregon State University, USA

Jared Kaplan, Oregon State University, USA

Laura Beckwith, Oregon State University, USA

Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University, USA

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/VLHCC.2007.18

There has been little research into how end-user programming environments can provide explanations that could fill a critical information gap for end-user debuggers -- help with debugging strategy. To address this need, we designed and prototyped a video-based approach for explaining debugging strategy, and accompanied it with a text-only approach. We then conducted a qualitative empirical study with end-user debuggers. The results reveal the influences of the explanations on end-user debuggers? decision making, how users reacted to the video versus textual media, and the information gaps the explanations closed. The results also reveal issues of particular importance to explanations of this type.

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Neeraja Subrahmaniyan, Cory Kissinger, Kyle Rector, Derek Inman, Jared Kaplan, Laura Beckwith, Margaret Burnett, "Explaining Debugging Strategies to End-User Programmers," vlhcc, pp.127-136, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC 2007), 2007

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