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2004 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages - Human Centric Computing (VLHCC'04)
Six Learning Barriers in End-User Programming Systems
Rome, Italy
September 26-September 29
ISBN: 0-7803-8696-5
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Andrew J. Ko, Brad A. Myers, Htet Htet Aung, "Six Learning Barriers in End-User Programming Systems," Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, IEEE Symposium on, pp. 199-206, 2004 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages - Human Centric Computing (VLHCC'04), 2004.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/VLHCC.2004.47,
author = {Andrew J. Ko and Brad A. Myers and Htet Htet Aung},
title = {Six Learning Barriers in End-User Programming Systems},
journal ={Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, IEEE Symposium on},
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publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
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Andrew J. Ko, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Brad A. Myers, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Htet Htet Aung, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
As programming skills increase in demand and utility, the learnability of end-user programming systems is of utmost importance. However, research on learning barriers in programming systems has primarily focused on languages, overlooking potential barriers in the environment and accompanying libraries. To address this, a study of beginning programmers learning Visual Basic.NET was performed. This identified six types of barriers: design, selection, coordination, use, understanding, and information. These barriers inspire a new metaphor of computation, which provides a more learner-centric view of programming system design.
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Andrew J. Ko, Brad A. Myers, Htet Htet Aung, "Six Learning Barriers in End-User Programming Systems," vlhcc, pp.199-206, 2004 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages - Human Centric Computing (VLHCC'04), 2004
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