First steps in programming: A rationale for attention investment models

Proceedings - IEEE 2002 Symposia on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments, HCC 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 2-10

  Blackwell, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE ASPECTS; COGNITIVE DEMANDS; COGNITIVE MODEL; END USERS; GENERIC NATURE; INVESTMENT MODELS; PAPER ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMERS;

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84878346602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HCC.2002.1046334     Document Type: Conference Paper

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