A theory of the relationship between cognitive requirements of computer programming languages and programmers' cognitive characteristics

Journal of Information Systems Education | January 1, 2002| | Copyright

ABSTRACT

This paper formulates a theory that investigates the possible effects of two human cognitive characteristics, on the difficulties of learning specific programming languages. The two human cognitive characteristics are Piaget's cognitive development and McCarthy's cognitive hemispheric style. This paper consolidates prior research and accepted cognitive theory. It then presents a formulation of a theory that relates cognitive requirements of different computer programming languages and programmers' cognitive characteristics. If the cognitive requirements for a programming language ...

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