Comparison of the comprehension of object-oriented and procedural programs by novice programmers

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-282

  Wiedenbeck, Susan ^a   Ramalingam, Vennila ^a   Sarasamma, Suseela ^a   Corritore, Cynthia L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROCEDURE ORIENTED LANGUAGES;

NOVICE PROGRAMMERS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0344211086     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-5438(98)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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