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      Predictive Modelling for HCI Problems in Novice Program Editors

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      27th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2013) (HCI)
      Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2013)
      9 - 13 September 2013
      Programming, Scratch, Alice, StarLogo, CogTool, viscosity, patterns
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            Abstract

            We extend previous cognitive modelling work to four new programming systems, with results contributing to the development of a new novice programming editor. Results of a previous paper, which quantified differences in certain visual languages, and feedback we had regarding interest in the work, suggested that there may be more systems to which the technique could be applied. This short paper reports on a second series of models, discusses their strengths and weaknesses, and draws comparisons to the first. This matters because we believe “bottlenecks” in interaction design to be an issue in some beginner languages – painfully slow interactions may not always be noticeable at first, but start to become intrusive as the programs grow larger. Conversely, text-based languages are generally less viscous, but often use difficult symbols and terminology, and can be highly error-prone. Based on the models presented here, we propose some simple design choices that appear to make a useful and substantive difference to the editing problems discussed.

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            Conference
            September 2013
            September 2013
            : 1-6
            Affiliations
            [0001]School of Computing

            University of Kent

            Canterbury, UK. CT2 7NF
            Article
            10.14236/ewic/HCI2013.44
            eed94271-3167-4301-9cce-b799afaf46d0
            © Fraser McKay et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. 27th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2013), Brunel University, London, UK

            This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

            27th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2013)
            HCI
            27
            Brunel University, London, UK
            9 - 13 September 2013
            Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2013)
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            1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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            Categories
            Electronic Workshops in Computing

            Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            Alice,Programming,patterns,CogTool,viscosity,Scratch,StarLogo

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