Studying the language and structure in non-programmers' solutions to programming problems

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 237-264

  Pane, John F ^a   Ratanamahatana, Chotirat Ann ^a   Myers, Brad A ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DATA STRUCTURES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER GAMES; CONTENT ANALYSIS; NATURAL PROGRAMMING PROJECT;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0035263067     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.2000.0410     Document Type: Article

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