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External Imagery in Computer Programming

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Hillary Swanson,

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SIGCSE '21: Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Pages 1226 - 1231

https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3432426

Published: 05 March 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Imagery is a cognitive process commonly used in sports in which athletes internally or externally visualize themselves performing a skill, allowing them to create an internal experience similar to the physical event. It is intended to allow participants to refine and perfect their performance. This paper investigates the use of imagery in the setting of computer programming. We explore the idea that watching a keystroke replay of yourself writing computer code that solves a specific problem can increase the speed and quality of a subsequent attempt at solving a similar problem as well as improve attitude and engagement. We investigate the theory of imagery, its application to computer programming, and we present results of a qualitative study. Our results suggest that using imagery could have a positive effect on the profitability of spending time reviewing code.

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Index Terms

External Imagery in Computer Programming
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Collaboration in software development
    2. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques

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Winder JFrancis EStaley BEdwards J(2024)Incremental Development and CS1 Student Outcomes And BehaviorsProceedings of the 26th Australasian Computing Education Conference10.1145/3636243.3636253(87-93)Online publication date: 29-Jan-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3636243.3636253
Sheard JDenny PHellas ALeinonen JMalmi LSimon Stephenson BStone JBattestilli LRebelsky SShoop L(2024)Instructor Perceptions of AI Code Generation Tools - A Multi-Institutional Interview StudyProceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 110.1145/3626252.3630880(1223-1229)Online publication date: 7-Mar-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3626252.3630880
Xie BLim JPham PLi MKo A(2023)Developing Novice Programmers’ Self-Regulation Skills with Code ReplaysProceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research - Volume 110.1145/3568813.3600127(298-313)Online publication date: 7-Aug-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3568813.3600127

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