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VL
2009
IEEE
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Non-programmers identifying functionality in unfamiliar code: Strategies and barriers
Source code on the web is a widely available and potentially rich learning resource for nonprogrammers. However, unfamiliar code can be daunting to end-users without programming e...
Paul A. Gross, Caitlin Kelleher
VL
2009
IEEE
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What designers want: Needs of interactive application designers
Designers’ extensive software needs have not been adequately documented in the research literature, and are poorly supported by software. Without appropriate tools to support th...
Valentina Grigoreanu, Roland Fernandez, Kori Inkpe...
VL
2009
IEEE
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Using a degree of interest model to facilitate ontology navigation
Understanding and maintaining the structure of large ontologies is a cognitively demanding task. Visualizations are commonly used as a cognitive aid for presenting large ontologie...
Tricia d'Entremont, Margaret-Anne Storey
VL
2009
IEEE
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Language-based support for computational thinking
This paper explores the potential for simplified programming languages to support the development of computational thinking skills in non-programmers. We suggest that novice progr...
Katherine Howland, Judith Good, Keiron Nicholson
VL
2009
IEEE
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Visual explanations of probabilistic reasoning
Continuing our research in explanation-oriented language design, we present a domain-specific visual language for explaining probabilistic reasoning. Programs in this language, c...
Martin Erwig, Eric Walkingshaw
VL
2009
IEEE
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Revealing the copy and paste habits of end users
Transferring data across applications is a common end user task, and copying and pasting via the clipboard lets users do so relatively easily. Using the clipboard, however, can al...
Kathryn T. Stolee, Sebastian G. Elbaum, Gregg Roth...
VL
2009
IEEE
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QueryMarvel: A visual query language for temporal patterns using comic strips
In many domains, decision makers want to find and understand patterns of events as these patterns often give insight into the causal relationships among events. Current systems to...
Jing Jin, Pedro A. Szekely
VL
2009
IEEE
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Attitudes and self-efficacy in young adults' computing autobiographies
Little is known about the formation of people’s first perceptions about computers and computer code, yet it is likely that these impressions have a lasting effect on peoples’ ...
Andrew J. Ko