Thesis
A tool for auralized debugging
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
2005
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/367
Abstract
While graphical representations have been incorporated into program debugging tools, auditory displays have rarely been tried. Nevertheless, sound is inherently a temporal medium rather than a spatial one, so it is logical to explore the possibilities of representing the temporal evolution of program state in patterns of sound. In this thesis, I consider the use of enhanced debugging environments supporting auditory representations of program state to improve the debugging performance of students in introductory computer programming classes. A pilot study of novice programmer debugging behavior and common logic errors is discussed. I describe a prototype auralizing debugger, and propose an experiment to see whether the sort of auralizations that can be generated with the tool are understandable to novice programmers.
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- Title
- A tool for auralized debugging
- Creators
- Yan Chen
- Contributors
- Kelly Fitz (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525128301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis