Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Structure-Based Categorization of Programs to Enable Awareness About Programming Skills

  • Conference paper
Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (KES 2006)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 4253))

Abstract

Programming is a kind of design activity with various skills which include not only knowledge about programming languages, etc. but also abilities for problem-analysis/solving. Expert programmers can acquire new skills easily interrelated to already-improved experiences and also adapt the skills to solve new problems. However, it is difficult for programming learners to grow up their own usable skills successively. In this paper, we focus on the relations among programming skills. In order to make learners be aware of the relations among their own skills, structural similarities among learners’ programs are found out, and then these programs are categorized into their structural features based on the similarities. In our approach, the categories are expressed by a tree structure, and the similarities among programs are managed on the basis of the categories generated from learners’ input programs.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 149.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Johnson, W.L., Soloway, E.: Proust: Knowledge-based program understanding. In: Proc. of ICSE 1984, pp. 369–380 (1984)

    Google Scholar 

  2. Watanabe, T.: A Knowledge Handling Model to Design Learning Activity. In: Proc. of E-Learn 2005, pp. 1566–1571 (2005)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Watanabe, T.: Framework of Computer Supported Learning/Education System, Based on Knowledge Handling Model. In: Proc. of E-Learn 2005, pp. 2483–2488 (2005)

    Google Scholar 

  4. Hutamura, Y., Kawai, T., Horikoshi, H., Tsutsumi, M.: Design and Implementation of Programs by Problem Analysis Diagram (PAD). Journal of IPSJ 21(4), 259–267 (1980) (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Systems and Social Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan

    Kei Kato & Toyohide Watanabe

Authors
  1. Kei Kato
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Toyohide Watanabe
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. School of Design, Engineering and Computing, Bournemouth University, UK

    Bogdan Gabrys

  2. Centre for SMART Systems, School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton, BN2 4GJ, Brighton, UK

    Robert J. Howlett

  3. School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Knowledge Based Intelligent Engineering Systems Centre, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, 5095, SA, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2006 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Kato, K., Watanabe, T. (2006). Structure-Based Categorization of Programs to Enable Awareness About Programming Skills. In: Gabrys, B., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems. KES 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4253. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11893011_105

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11893011_105

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-46542-3

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-46544-7

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation