Integrating Learning Supports into the Design of Visual Programming Systems

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 501-524

  DiGiano, Chris ^a   Kahn, Ken ^b   Cypher, Allen ^c   Smith, David Canfield ^c  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Animated Programs   (United States)

^c Stagecast Software Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

End user programming; Instructional design; Learning; Programming by example; Programming systems; Visual programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038005173     PISSN: 1045926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvlc.2001.0218     Document Type: Article

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