Novice Comprehension of Programs Using Task-Specific and Non-Task-Specific Constructs

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IEEE 2002 Symposium on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments (HCC'02)

Arlington, Virginia, USA

September 03-September 06

ISBN: 0-7695-1644-0

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	Alec Engebretson, Susan Wiedenbeck, "Novice Comprehension of Programs Using Task-Specific and Non-Task-Specific Constructs," Human-Centric Computing Languages and Environments, IEEE CS International Symposium on, pp. 11, IEEE 2002 Symposium on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments (HCC'02), 2002.

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	@article{ 10.1109/HCC.2002.1046335, author = {Alec Engebretson and Susan Wiedenbeck}, title = {Novice Comprehension of Programs Using Task-Specific and Non-Task-Specific Constructs}, journal ={Human-Centric Computing Languages and Environments, IEEE CS International Symposium on}, volume = {0}, year = {2002}, isbn = {0-7695-1644-0}, pages = {11}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HCC.2002.1046335}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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Alec Engebretson, Doane College

Susan Wiedenbeck, Drexel University

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HCC.2002.1046335

This study examines the comprehension and modification by novices of programs written with task-specific and non-task-specific constructs. Teachers who write programs for use in their work studied and modified a program written in Hypercard using either task-specific or non-task-specific constructs. It was found that the task-specific group?s comprehension of the program was significantly better, although the difference was relatively small. However, the correctness of the program modifications was much greater in the task-specific group.

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Alec Engebretson, Susan Wiedenbeck, "Novice Comprehension of Programs Using Task-Specific and Non-Task-Specific Constructs," hcc, pp.11, IEEE 2002 Symposium on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments (HCC'02), 2002

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