Programming Skill, Knowledge, and Working Memory Among Professional Software Developers from an Investment Theory Perspective
Programming Skill, Knowledge, and Working Memory Among Professional Software Developers from an Investment Theory Perspective
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从投资理论的角度看专业软件开发人员的编程技能、知识和工作记忆
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2011
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J. Gustafsson
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Gunnar R. Bergersen;J. Gustafsson
本研究探讨了工作记忆和经验在编程知识和编程技能发展中的作用。评估编程技能的工具-其中技能是从编程性能推断-与工作记忆和编程知识的测试一起沿着管理。我们从欧洲8个国家的9家公司招募了65名专业软件开发人员参加为期2天的研究。结果表明，工作记忆和经验对编程技能的影响是通过编程知识介导的。编程知识进一步发现，在很大程度上解释编程技能的个体差异。总体研究结果支持卡特尔的投资理论。此外，我们讨论了这项研究，目前服务的试点功能，可以在未来的研究中扩展。虽然低统计功率是一个关注的一些结果报告，这项工作有助于研究的个体差异，在高现实主义的工作本身。
This study investigates the role of working memory and experience in the development of programming knowledge and programming skill. An instrument for assessing programming skill – where skill is inferred from programming performance – was administered along with tests of working memory and programming knowledge. We recruited 65 professional software developers from nine companies in eight European countries to participate in a 2-day study. Results indicate that the effect of working memory and experience on programming skill is mediated through programming knowledge. Programming knowledge was further found to explain individual differences in programming skill to a large extent. The overall findings support Cattell’s investment theory. Further, we discuss how this study, which currently serves a pilot function, can be extended in future studies. Although low statistical power is a concern for some of the results reported, this work contributes to research on individual differences in high-realism work se...