Six Learning Barriers in End-User Programming Systems (2004)
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| Venue: | IEEE SYMP. ON VLHCC |
| Citations: | 46 - 12 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Ko04sixlearning,
author = {Andrew J. Ko and Brad A. Myers and Htet Htet Aung},
title = {Six Learning Barriers in End-User Programming Systems},
booktitle = {IEEE SYMP. ON VLHCC},
year = {2004},
pages = {199--206},
publisher = {}
}
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Abstract
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.
