This paper reviews the literature related to the learning and teaching of debugging computer
programs. Debugging is an important skill that continues to be both difficult for novice …

The area of program comprehension comprises a vast body of literature, with numerous
conflicting models having been proposed. Models are typically grounded in experimental …

Software Design-Cognitive Aspects covers a variety of areas including software analysis,
design, coding and maintenance. It details the history of the research that has been …

This working group asserts that Program Comprehension (ProgComp) plays a critical part in
the process of writing programs. For example, this paper is written from a basic draft that was …

Programmers increasingly rely on Large Language Models (LLMs) for code generation.
However, they now have to deal with issues like having to constantly switch between …

When a human activity requires a lot of expertise and very specialized cognitive skills that
are poorly understood by the general population, it is often consideredan art.'Different …

Context: Programmers' mental models represent their knowledge and understanding of
programs, programming concepts, and programming in general. They guide programmers' …

We have developed an adaptive hypertext system designed to individually support
exploratory learning and programming activities in the domain of Common Lisp. Endowed …

Expertise in computer programming can often be difficult to transfer verbally. Moreover,
technical training and communication occur more and more between people who are …

The relevance of code comprehension in a developer's daily work was recognized more
than 40 years ago. Consequently, many experiments were conducted to find out how …