Some Thoughts on Designing Eye Movement Studies for Novice Programmers

Lister, R

Some Thoughts on Designing Eye Movement Studies for Novice Programmers

Lister, R

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Publisher:: ACM
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings - 10th International Workshop on Eye Movements in Programming, EMIP 2022, 2022, pp. 15-22
Issue Date:: 2022-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Lister, R https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-0445
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-16T03:15:29Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-16T03:15:29Z
dc.date.issued	2022-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings - 10th International Workshop on Eye Movements in Programming, EMIP 2022, 2022, pp. 15-22
dc.identifier.isbn	9781450392891
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/164989
dc.description.abstract	I first describe my three-stage model of how novices understand code. In the first stage, the novice cannot trace code. In the second stage, the novice has mastered tracing, but, crucially, that is the only skill they have mastered. It is only when novices reach the third stage that they begin to reason about code in a more general, abstract way. Most programming instructors mistakenly assume that all students begin at the third stage. Having described the three-stage model, I then explore implications of the model for the design of eye movement studies. I also provide some pieces of code that would make for interesting eye movement studies.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	ACM
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings - 10th International Workshop on Eye Movements in Programming, EMIP 2022
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the Tenth International Workshop on Eye Movements in Programming
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1145/3524488.3527363
dc.rights	"This work is based on an earlier work: EMIP '22: Proceedings of the Tenth International Workshop on Eye Movements in ProgrammingMay 2022 Pages 15–22https://doi.org/10.1145/3524488.3527363
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Some Thoughts on Designing Eye Movement Studies for Novice Programmers
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2023-01-16T03:15:28Z
pubs.publication-status	Published

Abstract:

I first describe my three-stage model of how novices understand code. In the first stage, the novice cannot trace code. In the second stage, the novice has mastered tracing, but, crucially, that is the only skill they have mastered. It is only when novices reach the third stage that they begin to reason about code in a more general, abstract way. Most programming instructors mistakenly assume that all students begin at the third stage. Having described the three-stage model, I then explore implications of the model for the design of eye movement studies. I also provide some pieces of code that would make for interesting eye movement studies.

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