Harnessing Curiosity to Increase Correctness in End-User Programming (2003)
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| Venue: | IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACM CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS |
| Citations: | 29 - 20 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Wilson03harnessingcuriosity,
author = {Aaron Wilson and Margaret Burnett and Laura Beckwith and Orion Granatir and Ledah Casburn and Curtis Cook and Mike Durham and Gregg Rothermel},
title = {Harnessing Curiosity to Increase Correctness in End-User Programming },
booktitle = {IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACM CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS},
year = {2003},
pages = {305--312},
publisher = {}
}
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Abstract
Despite their ability to help with program correctness, assertions have been notoriously unpopular---even with professional programmers. End-user programmers seem even less likely to appreciate the value of assertions; yet end-user programs suffer from serious correctness problems that assertions could help detect. This leads to the following question: can end users be enticed to enter assertions? To investigate this question, we have devised a curiosity-centered approach to eliciting assertions from end users, built on a surprise-explain-reward strategy. Our follow-up work with end-user participants shows that the approach is effective in encouraging end users to enter assertions that help them find errors.
