International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
An evaluation of animated demonstrations of learning computer-based tasks
CHI '91 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
SIGDOC '91 Proceedings of the 9th annual international conference on Systems documentation
Online help: a part of documentation
SIGDOC '92 Proceedings of the 10th annual international conference on Systems documentation
Apple guide: a case study in user-aided design of online help
CHI '95 Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Stencils-based tutorials: design and evaluation
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Storytelling alice motivates middle school girls to learn computer programming
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Graphstract: minimal graphical help for computers
Proceedings of the 20th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
A code reuse interface for non-programmer middle school students
Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
ToolClips: an investigation of contextual video assistance for functionality understanding
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Designing a community to support long-term interest in programming for middle school children
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
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To support children learning to use new software applications independently, tutorial systems should prevent errors and ensure that users are able to transfer tutorial skills to a new context effectively. In this paper, we describe the formative development and evaluation of on-request stencils, an interaction technique that both prevents children from making errors within a tutorial and significantly improves their ability to transfer tutorial skills to a related task. Using on-request stencils, users can attempt a task independently. If they encounter difficulty, users can request step by step tutorial overlays to guide them through the current task. In a study comparing tutorial performance, task performance, and attitudes, we found that users of on-request stencils successfully completed 47% more transfer tasks than users of persistent stencils. There were no significant differences between the two groups in tutorial performance or attitudes towards the software system.