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VL
2005
IEEE
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Cognitive Dimensions of Notations
Alan F. Blackwell
VL
2005
IEEE
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Achieving Flexibility in Direct-Manipulation Programming Environments by Relaxing the Edit-Time Grammar
Structured program editors can lower the entry barrier for beginning computer science students by preventing syntax errors. However, when editors force programs to be executable a...
Benjamin E. Birnbaum, Kenneth J. Goldman
VL
2005
IEEE
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Designing Features for Both Genders in End-User Programming Environments
Previous research has revealed gender differences that impact females’ willingness to adopt software features in end users’ programming environments. Since these features have...
Laura Beckwith, Shraddha Sorte, Margaret M. Burnet...
VL
2005
IEEE
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Goal-Directed Debugging of Spreadsheets
We present a semi-automatic debugger for spreadsheet systems that is specifically targeted at end-user programmers. Users can report expected values for cells that yield incorrec...
Robin Abraham, Martin Erwig
VL
2006
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
AgentCubes: Raising the Ceiling of End-User Development in Education through Incremental 3D
Now that we have end-user programming environments capable of empowering kids with no programming background to build games in a matter of hours, a new quest for raising the ceili...
Alexander Repenning, Andri Ioannidou
VL
2006
IEEE
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Crossmodal Interaction with Mobile Devices
This paper describes an alternative form of interaction for mobile devices using crossmodal output. These crossmodal displays allow alternative senses such as hearing and touch to...
Eve E. Hoggan, Stephen A. Brewster
VL
2006
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Sketching with Conceptual Metaphors to Explain Computational Processes
To explore how people conceptualize a complex system, 232 university students were asked to sketch how a search engine works. While the sketches reveal a diverse range of visual a...
David G. Hendry
VL
2006
IEEE
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Infinite Infants
Katina Hazelden
VL
2006
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Gender Differences in End-User Debugging, Revisited: What the Miners Found
We have been working to uncover gender differences in the ways males and females problem solve in end-user programming situations, and have discovered differences in males’ vers...
Valentina Grigoreanu, Laura Beckwith, Xiaoli Z. Fe...