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Predicting the learnability of task-action mappings
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: Reaching through technology table of contents
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Pages: 113 - 118  
Year of Publication: 1991
ISBN:0-89791-383-3
Authors
Andrew Howes  MRC Applied Psychology Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 2EF, UK
Richard M. Young  MRC Applied Psychology Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 2EF, UK
Sponsors
Human Factors Soc : Human Factors Society
IEEE-CS : Computer Society
SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
Publisher
ACM  New York, NY, USA
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REFERENCES

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Draper, S.W. (1986) Display managers as the basis for user machine communication. In D.A. Norman & S.W. Draper, (Eds.) User Centred System Design. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
 
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Duff, S.C. (1989) Reduction of action uncertainty in process control systems: The role of device knowledge. In Megaw, E. (ed) Contemporary Ergonomics, 213- 219. Taylor & Frances.
 
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Howes, A. (1991) A performance model of the acquisition of task-action mapping knowledge. Manuscript in Preparation.
 
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Andrew Howes , Stephen J. Payne, Display-based competence: towards user models for menu-driven interfaces, International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, v.33 n.6, p.637-655, Dec. 1990  [doi>10.1016/S0020-7373(05)80067-7]
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Andrew Howes , Stephen J. Payne, Semantic analysis during exploratory learning, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: Empowering people, p.399-406, April 01-05, 1990, Seattle, Washington, United States  [doi>10.1145/97243.97316]
 
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J. Terry Mayes , Stephen W. Draper , Alison M. McGregor , Keith Oatley, Information flow in a user interface: the effect of experience and context on the recall of MacWrite screens, Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the British Computer Society on People and computers IV, p.275-289, October 1988, Univ. of Manchester, United Kingdom
 
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Payne, S.J. (1985) Task-action grammars. The mental representation of task languages in human-computer interaction. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Sheffield.
 
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Stephen J. Payne, Display-based action at the user interface, International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, v.35 n.3, p.275-289, Sept. 1991  [doi>10.1016/S0020-7373(05)80129-4]
 
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Franz Schiele , Thomas Green, HCI formalisms and cognitive psychology: the case of task-action grammar, Formal methods in human-computer interaction, Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 1990
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R. M. Young , T. R. G. Green , T. Simon, Programmable user models for predictive evaluation of interface designs, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: Wings for the mind, p.15-19, March 1989

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Virginia A. Peck , Bonnie E. John, Browser-Soar: a computational model of a highly interactive task, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, p.165-172, May 03-07, 1992, Monterey, California, United States
Patricia G. Wojahn , Christine M. Neuwirth , Barbara Bullock, Effects of interfaces for annotation on communication in a collaborative task, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, p.456-463, April 18-23, 1998, Los Angeles, California, United States
Bonnie E. John , Alonso H. Vera, A GOMS analysis of a graphic machine-paced, highly interactive task, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, p.251-258, May 03-07, 1992, Monterey, California, United States
Andrew Howes, A model of the acquisition of menu knowledge by exploration, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: celebrating interdependence, p.445-451, April 24-28, 1994, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Bonnie E. John , Hilary Packer, Learning and using the cognitive walkthrough method: a case study approach, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, p.429-436, May 07-11, 1995, Denver, Colorado, United States
John Rieman , Clayton Lewis , Richard M. Young , Peter G. Polson, Why is a raven like a writing desk?: lessons in interface consistency and analogical reasoning from two cognitive architectures, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: celebrating interdependence, p.438-444, April 24-28, 1994, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Gary Marchionini , John Sibert, An agenda for human-computer interaction: science and engineering serving human needs, ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, v.23 n.4, p.17-32, Oct. 1991
Peter A. Bibby , Stephen J. Payne, Internalization and the use specificity of sevice knowledge, Human-Computer Interaction, v.8 n.1, p.25-56, March 1993
Frank E. Ritter , Jill H. Larkin, Developing process models as summaries of HCI action sequences, Human-Computer Interaction, v.9 n.4, p.345-383, September 1994
Tovi Grossman , George Fitzmaurice , Ramtin Attar, A survey of software learnability: metrics, methodologies and guidelines, Proceedings of the 27th international conference on Human factors in computing systems, April 04-09, 2009, Boston, MA, USA

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
          Subjects: Interaction styles (e.g., commands, menus, forms, direct manipulation)

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
          Subjects: Theory and methods

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE


General Terms:
Design, Human Factors

Collaborative Colleagues:
Andrew Howes: colleagues
Richard M. Young: colleagues

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