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Interdisciplinary Workshop on Informatics and Psychology

IPsy 1986: Visualization in Programming pp 53–69Cite as

The role of mental models in programming: From experiments to requirements for an interactive system

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We will outline some basic psychological aspects in the process of programming and discuss them in a first case study showing different developments of mental models. We will exemplify the role of visualization for the support of mental models, working memory and knowledge structure and consequent thinking. In a second case study we will demonstrate the possibility of graphical representation of command language with predefined syntax but semantic flexibility.

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  1. Work and Organizational Psychology Unit, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    D. Ackermann

  2. Institut für Informatik (Institut for Computer Science), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    J. Stelovsky

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Ackermann, D., Stelovsky, J. (1987). The role of mental models in programming: From experiments to requirements for an interactive system. In: Gorny, P., Tauber, M.J. (eds) Visualization in Programming. IPsy 1986. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 282. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-18507-0_4

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