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Peer reviewedHarvey, Leon; Anderson, John – Human-Computer Interaction, 1996
Two experiments tested the hypothesis that subjects introduced to a first programming language develop a representation of basic programming concepts that help them integrate new declarative knowledge from a second programming language. The effect on reading was greater for pages that were conceptually close across texts and for subjects who had…
Descriptors: Information Processing, Knowledge Level, Knowledge Representation, Programmers
Peer reviewedBarnard, Philip J.; May, Jon – Human-Computer Interaction, 1999
Interacting cognitive subsystems (ICS) is proposed as a unified cognitive theory that can be used as the basis for representations in human-computer interaction, and two approaches based on the theory are described: one entails the description of cognitive task models, and the other entails the production of less complete diagrammatic notations.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design
