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Recently, the demand for IT human resources has increased. Therefore, the expansion of programming education should be considered to strengthen the supply of it. This study aimed to propose debugging learning support for novice programmers using experts’ gaze behavior. First, we gave feedback to proficient users on their gazing behavior during program debugging and interviewed them about their cognitive processes. Based on the results, we developed a cognitive process model of expert debugging. However, most of the visualized information was based on gaze transitions, and it was difficult to see the characteristics of the cognitive process. This study helped to improve the previously proposed model and developed one that focuses more on the cognitive process during program debugging. Data from students with little programming experience were collected and compared with the cognitive process model of programming experts. This enabled the identification of the characteristics of the program debugging process of non-experts.
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Yoshimori, K., Kano, T., Akakura, T. (2022). Gaze Analysis and Modeling of Cognitive Process During Debugging for Novice Programmers’ Learning. In: Yamamoto, S., Mori, H. (eds) Human Interface and the Management of Information: Visual and Information Design. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13305. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06424-1_39
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