The goal of our study is to evaluate the effect on program comprehension of three factors
that have not previously been studied in a single experiment. These factors are programmer …

Previous studies on program comprehension were carried out largely in the context of
procedural languages. Our purpose is to develop and evaluate a cognitive model of object …

This exploratory study examines the nature of program understanding strategies employed
during a series of comprehension and maintenance activities carried out over time. Two …

This paper reports on two experiments comparing mental representations and program
comprehension by novices in the object-oriented and procedural styles. The subjects were …

The objective of this study was to determine whether the mental representation of object-
oriented programs differs from imperative programs for novice programmers. In our study …

Comprehension of computer programs involves detecting or inferring different kinds of
relations between program parts. Different kinds of programming knowledge facilitate …

We report the results of an empirical study comparing user comprehension of object oriented
(OO) and process oriented (PO) models. The fundamental difference is that while OO …

Comprehension of computer programs involves identifying important program parts and
inferring relationships between them. The ability to comprehend a computer program is a …

The question of whether the use of good naming style in programs improves program
comprehension has important implications for both programming practice and theories of …

Comprehending computer programs is one of the core software engineering activities.
Software comprehension is required when a programmer maintains, reuses, migrates …