Cognitive Activities and Levels of Abstraction in Procedural and Object-Oriented Design.

Pennington, Nancy; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ506985

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Publication Date: 1995

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Cognitive Activities and Levels of Abstraction in Procedural and Object-Oriented Design.

Pennington, Nancy; And Others

Human-Computer Interaction, v10 n2-3 p171-226 1995

The research reported in this article provides descriptions of design activities and of the evolving designs of expert procedural and expert object-oriented (OO) designers and for novice OO designers with extensive procedural experience. Analysis of procedural and OO designers, in terms of their cognitive activities, design strategies, and final designs, provides a comparison between design paradigms and practice. (73 references) (Author)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Development, Design Preferences, Models, Programmers, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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