Properties of Real-World Digital Logic Diagrams

  • Authors:
  • Christine Alvarado;Michael Lazzareschi

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • PLT '07 Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Pen-Based Learning Technologies
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Despite the growing number of sketch recognition sys- tems for education, little attention has been paid to how stu- dents actually draw in practice. We examine freely-drawn digital logic diagrams created by students in an electrical engineering class in order to inform the design of a sketch recognition digital circuit simulation tool. Our analysis reveals considerable drawing style variation between stu- dents and that standard drawing style restrictions made by sketch recognition systems to aid recognition generally do not match the way students draw. We identify drawing be- haviors that can aid recognition while placing fewer un- natural constraints on students' drawing styles, and we de- scribe specific recognition tasks whose solutions will lead to more robust free-sketch recognition systems.