Novice comprehension of programs using task-specific and non-task-specific constructs

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 11-18

  Engebretson, A ^a   Wiedenbeck, S ^b  

^a Doane College   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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MODIFIED A; PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS;

EID: 84878353877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HCC.2002.1046335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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