The Impact of HumanCentered Features on the Usability of a Programming System for Children (2002)
| Venue: | In ACM Extended Abstracts: Conf. on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
| Citations: | 6 - 4 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Pane02theimpact,
author = {John F. Pane},
title = {The Impact of HumanCentered Features on the Usability of a Programming System for Children},
booktitle = {In ACM Extended Abstracts: Conf. on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
year = {2002},
pages = {1--6},
publisher = {Press}
}
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Abstract
HANDS is a new programming system for children that was designed for usability. This paper examines the effectiveness of three features of HANDS: queries, aggregate operations, and data visibility. The system is compared with a limited version that lacks these features. In the limited version, programmers can achieve the same results but must use more traditional programming techniques. Children using the full-featured HANDS system performed significantly better than their peers who used the limited version. This provides evidence that usability of programming systems can be improved by including these features.
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| 59 | Studying the Language and Structure in Non‐ Programmers' Solutions to Programming Problems - Pane, Ratanamahatana, et al. - 2001 |
| 50 | Usability issues in the design of novice programming systems - Pane, Myers - 1996 |
| 34 | Using HCI Techniques to Design a More Usable Programming System - Pane, Myers, et al. - 2002 |
| 25 | Tabular and Textual Methods for Selecting Objects form a Group - Pane, Myers - 2000 |
