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Creator:: Beckwith, Laura A.
Abstract:: Traditionally, research into end-user programming has focused on how to make programming more accessible to end users. However, few researchers have considered providing end users with devices to help improve the reliability of the programs they create. To help improve the reliability of spreadsheets created by end users, we are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science, Subrahmaniyan, Neeraja, Kissinger, Cory, Rector, Kyle, Inman, Derek, Kaplan, Jared, Beckwith, Laura A., and Burnett, Margaret, 1949-
Abstract:: There has been little research into how end-user programming environments can provide explanations that could fill a critical information gap for end-user debuggers - help with debugging strategy. To address this need, we designed and prototyped a video-based approach for explaining debugging strategy, and accompanied it with a text-only approach....
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Creator:: Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science, Beckwith, Laura A., Inman, Derek, Rector, Kyle, and Burnett, Margaret, 1949-
Abstract:: Although there have been a number of studies of end-user software development tasks, few of them have considered gender issues for real end-user developers in real-world environments for end-user programming. In order to be trusted, the results of such laboratory studies must always be re-evaluated with fewer controls, more closely...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Creator:: Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science, Beckwith, Laura A., Grigoreanu, Valentina I., Subrahmaniyan, Neeraja, Wiedenbeck, Susan, Burnett, Margaret, 1947-, Cook, Curtis R., Bucht, Karin, and Drummond, Russell
Abstract:: Little is known about the strategies end-user programmers use in debugging their programs, and even less is known about gender differences that may exist in these strategies. Without this type of information, end-user programming systems cannot know the "target" at which to aim, if they are to support male and...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Creator:: Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science, Kissinger, Cory, Burnett, Margaret, 1949-, Stumpf, Simone, Subrahmaniyan, Neeraja, Beckwith, Laura A., Yang, Sherry, and Rosson, Mary Beth
Abstract:: Although researchers have begun to explicitly support end-user programmers' debugging by providing information to help them find bugs, there is little research addressing the right content to communicate to these users. The specific semantic content of these debugging communications matters because, if the users are not actually seeking the information...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Creator:: Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science, Beckwith, Laura A., Burnett, Margaret, 1949-, Wiedenbeck, Susan, Cook, Curtis R., Sorte, Shraddha, and Hastings, Michelle
Abstract:: Although gender differences in a technological world are receiving significant research attention, much of the research and practice has aimed at how society and education can impact the successes and retention of female computer science professionals—but the possibility of gender issues within software has received almost no attention. If gender...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Creator:: Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science, Beckwith, Laura A., and Burnett, Margaret, 1949-
Abstract:: A human-centric issue that has not been considered in the design of end-user programming environments is whether gender differences exist that are important to the design of these environments. Ignoring this issue would miss the opportunity of enhancing the effectiveness of end-user programmers by incorporating appropriate mechanisms to support gender-associated...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Creator:: Beckwith, Laura A.
Abstract:: Until recently, research has not considered whether the design of end-user programming environments, such as spreadsheets, multimedia authoring languages, and CAD systems, affects males and females differently. As a result, we began investigating how the two genders are impacted by end-user programming software and whether attention to gender differences is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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