Appropriateness of Graphical Program Representations for Training Applications

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 91-92

  Williams, Marian G ^a   Villegas, Hyxia ^a   Buehler, J Nicholas ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive complexity analysis; education; graphical programming; training; visual labs; visual programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; EDUCATION; LABORATORIES; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY; COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY ANALYSE; COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING; PROGRAM REPRESENTATIONS; SPECIFIC TASKS; TRAINING APPLICATIONS; VISUAL LAB; VISUAL PROGRAMMING; COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL LABS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0029717150     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/257089.257168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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