Stimulus structures and mental representations in expert comprehension of computer programs

N Pennington - Cognitive psychology, 1987 - Elsevier
… program comprehension begins with analyses of the computer program stimulus structures.
… be detected during comprehension. We then describe two kinds of programming knowledge …

In the eyes of the beholder: How experts and novices interpret dynamic stimuli

H Jarodzka, K Scheiter, P Gerjets, T Van Gog - Learning and instruction, 2010 - Elsevier
… it has been shown that experts’ highly integrated knowledge structures enable them to use
… On the other hand, if experts were forced to look at a stimulus that they had interpreted …

The effects of naming style and expertise on program comprehension

BE Teasley - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 1994 - Elsevier
comprehension. Two experiments were done based on Pennington's (Stimulus structures and
mental representations in expert … ) model of programmer comprehension. According to her …

[PDF][PDF] Expert problem solving strategies for program comprehension

J Koenemann, SP Robertson - … of the SIGCHI Conference on Human …, 1991 - dl.acm.org
comprehension is a complex problem solving process. We report on an experiment that studies
expert programmers’ comprehension … Our data suggests that program comprehension is …

Expertise differences in the comprehension of visualizations: A meta-analysis of eye-tracking research in professional domains

A Gegenfurtner, E Lehtinen, R Säljö - Educational psychology review, 2011 - Springer
This meta-analysis integrates 296 effect sizes reported in eye-tracking research on
expertise differences in the comprehension of visualizations. Three theories were evaluated: …

(Pea) nuts and bolts of visual narrative: Structure and meaning in sequential image comprehension

N Cohn, M Paczynski, R Jackendoff, PJ Holcomb… - Cognitive …, 2012 - Elsevier
… That is, RTs to Normal sequences were not affected by expertise, but for more fluent …
Although we narrowed down our final stimulus set based on cut-offs of these local and global …

Component processes in text comprehension and some of their interactions.

KF Haberlandt, AC Graesser - Journal of experimental psychology …, 1985 - psycnet.apa.org
… We quantified 16 attributes of the stimulus materials as measures … span different levels of text
structure. It is also assumed that … comprehension: Cognitive development and expertise in a …

[PDF][PDF] Expertise in the comprehension of architectural plans (knowledge acquisition and inference-making)

JD Gobert - Visual and Spatial Reasoning in Design, 1999 - academia.edu
Experts were found to differ from novices in that they were more systematic in their … Experts'
understanding of the plans used to depict the building (ie, 2-dimensional comprehension) …

Object-oriented program comprehension: Effect of expertise, task and phase

JM Burkhardt, F Détienne, S Wiedenbeck - Empirical Software …, 2002 - Springer
… The goal of our study is to evaluate the effect on program comprehension of three factors
that have … Stimulus structures and mental representations in expert comprehension of computer …

Context and content visuals and performance on listening comprehension stimuli

A Ginther - Language testing, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
… The tasks associated with items (most often multiple-choice questions) depend on
comprehension of either the ‘gist’ or specific details presented in the verbal portion of the stimulus. …