Stimulus structures and mental representations in expert comprehension of computer programs

N Pennington - Cognitive psychology, 1987 - Elsevier
programming knowledge in program comprehension and the nature of mental representations
of programs… ) relations dominate programmers’ mental representations of programs. In the …

[PDF][PDF] Mental representation and imagery in program comprehension.

R Navarro-Prieto, JJ Cañas - PPIG, 1999 - researchgate.net
… This paper studies the role of imagery in program comprehension. With this goal we investigated
whether theories of mental models from Psychology of Programming (eg, Pennington's …

Mental representations constructed by experts and novices in object-oriented program comprehension

JM Burkhardt, F Détienne, S Wiedenbeck - Human-Computer Interaction …, 1997 - Springer
comprehension processes of 00 programmers. Our objective is to investigate … mental
representations constructed by programmers in the course of tasks involving the comprehension of …

[PDF][PDF] Mental representations of programs by novices and experts

V Fix, S Wiedenbeck, J Scholtz - Proceedings of the INTERACT'93 and …, 1993 - dl.acm.org
… of the mental representation of computer programs … in the program text. An experiment is
reported in which expert and novice programmers studied aPascal program for comprehension

Examining the mental representations formed by programmers during parallel program comprehension

L Bidlake - 2024 - unbscholar.lib.unb.ca
… nent of program comprehension that is the focus of the research presented … mental
representations, often referred to as mental models, that are formed during program comprehension (…

[PDF][PDF] Article I: Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Studies on Mental Representations of Programs

L Bidlake, E Aubanel, D Voyer - … Program Comprehension, 2024 - unbscholar.lib.unb.ca
… of the search: mental representations, program comprehension, and programmers. Synonyms
… contributed to the understanding of program comprehension and mental representations. …

Performing tasks can improve program comprehension mental model of novice developers: An empirical approach

AA Shargabi, SA Aljunid, M Annamalai… - … Program Comprehension, 2020 - dl.acm.org
… we are attempting to comprehend (the tasks) [… program comprehension models. This study
focuses on the third factor, the task, and the mental model element of program comprehension

Are visual programming languages better? The role of imagery in program comprehension

R Navarro-Prieto, JJ Canas - International Journal of Human-Computer …, 2001 - Elsevier
… evidence in favour of mental model theories, research is now focused on how programmers
develop several types of mental representation in program comprehension more than on …

What do novices learn during program comprehension?

CL Corritore, S Wiedenbeck - International Journal of Human …, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
… of comprehension of computer programs by novice programmers. The mental representations
of the program text that novices form, which indicate the comprehension strategies being …

[PDF][PDF] Pilot Study: Validation of Stimuli for Studying Mental Representations Formed by Parallel Programmers During Parallel Program Comprehension.

L Bidlake, E Aubanel, D Voyer - PPIG, 2022 - oro.open.ac.uk
… The cognitive component of program comprehension that is of interest here is the
abstract mental representations that are formed during program comprehension. These …