{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2003503236","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2664591.2664601","title":"Abstracting and Narrating Novice Programs Using Regular Expressions","display_name":"Abstracting and Narrating Novice Programs Using Regular Expressions","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-09-29","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2003503236","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2664591.2664601","mag":"2003503236"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/2664591.2664601","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2664591.2664601","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Southern African Institute for Computer Scientist and Information Technologists Annual Conference 2014 on SAICSIT 2014 Empowered by Technology","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004107129","display_name":"Abejide Ade-Ibijola","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9507-0455"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192619145","display_name":"University of the Witwatersrand","ror":"https://ror.org/03rp50x72","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192619145"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Abejide Ade-Ibijola","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192619145"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5006801308","display_name":"Sigrid Ewert","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9706-7284"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192619145","display_name":"University of the Witwatersrand","ror":"https://ror.org/03rp50x72","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192619145"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sigrid Ewert","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192619145"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020352425","display_name":"Ian Sanders","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9081-8145"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165390105","display_name":"University of South Africa","ror":"https://ror.org/048cwvf49","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165390105"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ian Sanders","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computing, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa","School of Computing, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computing, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165390105"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computing, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165390105"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5004107129"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192619145"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.2561,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":16,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.89870884,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"19","last_page":"28"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9986000061035156,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":0.9980000257492065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8539931774139404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/syntax","display_name":"Syntax","score":0.7696839570999146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.7264822721481323},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/readability","display_name":"Readability","score":0.6776958703994751},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/program-comprehension","display_name":"Program comprehension","score":0.6745192408561707},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/syntax-error","display_name":"Syntax error","score":0.5343161225318909},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/abstraction","display_name":"Abstraction","score":0.5170422196388245},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/comprehension","display_name":"Comprehension","score":0.4765477776527405},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pair-programming","display_name":"Pair programming","score":0.43089112639427185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/abstract-syntax-tree","display_name":"Abstract syntax tree","score":0.3824308514595032},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.31517294049263},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.24357393383979797},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.2237401306629181},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-system","display_name":"Software system","score":0.10166943073272705}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8539931774139404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60048249","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37437","display_name":"Syntax","level":2,"score":0.7696839570999146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.7264822721481323},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778143727","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1820650","display_name":"Readability","level":2,"score":0.6776958703994751},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777561058","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2652119","display_name":"Program comprehension","level":4,"score":0.6745192408561707},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11742125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1195374","display_name":"Syntax error","level":4,"score":0.5343161225318909},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124304363","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q673661","display_name":"Abstraction","level":2,"score":0.5170422196388245},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C511192102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5156948","display_name":"Comprehension","level":2,"score":0.4765477776527405},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C174063052","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q607013","display_name":"Pair programming","level":4,"score":0.43089112639427185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58646249","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127380","display_name":"Abstract syntax tree","level":3,"score":0.3824308514595032},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.31517294049263},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.24357393383979797},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.2237401306629181},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149091818","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2429814","display_name":"Software system","level":3,"score":0.10166943073272705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/2664591.2664601","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2664591.2664601","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Southern African Institute for Computer Scientist and Information Technologists Annual Conference 2014 on SAICSIT 2014 Empowered by Technology","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality Education","score":0.8899999856948853}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":21,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W572872156","https://openalex.org/W611808937","https://openalex.org/W1480174534","https://openalex.org/W1482467283","https://openalex.org/W1495517360","https://openalex.org/W1829303854","https://openalex.org/W1991937590","https://openalex.org/W1998686124","https://openalex.org/W2007798926","https://openalex.org/W2043918190","https://openalex.org/W2045240618","https://openalex.org/W2062948125","https://openalex.org/W2073386179","https://openalex.org/W2087195099","https://openalex.org/W2098614591","https://openalex.org/W2110807320","https://openalex.org/W2116351853","https://openalex.org/W2136296681","https://openalex.org/W2158081248","https://openalex.org/W2185479453","https://openalex.org/W2998738573"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2297781517","https://openalex.org/W2993999284","https://openalex.org/W1625533892","https://openalex.org/W2099228597","https://openalex.org/W2959891429","https://openalex.org/W2077104824","https://openalex.org/W4288281409","https://openalex.org/W2390632043","https://openalex.org/W2610438659","https://openalex.org/W2046704574"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,27,96],"Syntax-Free":[1],"Approach":[2],"(SFA)":[3],"to":[4,11,33,46,78],"teaching":[5],"programming":[6,45],"was":[7],"proposed":[8],"in":[9,25],"response":[10],"the":[12,30,40,60,92],"perceived":[13],"challenges":[14],"often":[15],"faced":[16],"by":[17],"novice":[18,67,111],"programmers":[19,112],"while":[20],"taking":[21],"their":[22],"first":[23],"course":[24],"programming.":[26],"idea":[28],"of":[29,37,51,53,62,94,106],"SFA":[31],"is":[32],"provide":[34],"a":[35,63],"level":[36],"abstraction":[38],"over":[39],"language":[41],"syntax":[42],"and":[43,90],"teach":[44],"novices":[47],"as":[48,81],"algorithms":[49,72,80],"instead":[50],"lines":[52],"code.":[54],"In":[55],"this":[56],"paper,":[57],"we":[58],"report":[59],"development":[61],"tool":[64],"that":[65],"translates":[66],"programs":[68],"into":[69],"detailed":[70],"textual":[71],"using":[73],"regular":[74],"expressions.":[75],"We":[76],"refer":[77],"these":[79],"narrations.":[82],"These":[83],"narrations":[84],"are":[85],"syntax-free,":[86],"can":[87,99],"improve":[88],"readability":[89],"aid":[91],"comprehension":[93],"programs.":[95],"technique":[97],"described":[98],"also":[100],"be":[101],"employed":[102],"for":[103,110],"automatic":[104],"generation":[105],"hints":[107],"or":[108,115],"tips":[109],"during":[113],"classroom":[114],"laboratory":[116],"sessions.":[117]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}