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Novice Comprehension of Programs Using Task-Specific and Non-Task-Specific Constructs
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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},
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year = {2002},
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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
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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