{"id":676,"date":"2018-11-27T12:35:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T17:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/engaging-learning-lab\/?page_id=676"},"modified":"2026-01-29T09:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:16:30","slug":"mental-effort_bci","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/engaging-learning-lab\/mental-effort_bci\/","title":{"rendered":"Using EEG to Understand Mental Effort in Block-Based Programming Environments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/engaging-learning-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/737\/2018\/11\/websitepic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/engaging-learning-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/737\/2018\/11\/websitepic.png 304w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/engaging-learning-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/737\/2018\/11\/websitepic-269x300.png 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Researchers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/engaging-learning-lab\/yerika-jimenez\/\">Yerika Jimenez<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ryan Horoff\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sara Lichtenstein<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/engaging-learning-lab\/christina-gardner-mccune\/\">Dr. Christina Gardner-McCune<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This project focuses on understanding how novice programmers are learning to program in block-based programming environments, how they understand the components of these environments, how they apply programming concepts learned, and how they create artifacts. This project leverages advances in Electroencephalography (EEG) research to explore students&#8217; mental effort on learning CS concepts and completing programming tasks in block-based programming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Jimenez, Y.<\/strong>\u00a0(2018). Using Electroencephalography (EEG) to Understand and Compare Students\u2019 Mental Effort as they Learn to Program Using Block-Based and Hybrid Programming Environments. IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL\/HCC), Lisbon, Portugal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jimenez, Y.<\/strong>\u00a0(2017). \u201cTowards Understanding Student\u2019s Mental Effort in Block-Based Programming Environments Using Electroencephalogram (EEG)\u201d. Accepted at 2017 International Computing Education Research (ICER), Tacoma, WA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peer-Reviewed Conference Posters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Jimenez, Y.,\u00a0<\/strong>&amp; Gardner-McCune, C.\u00a0(2018). Usability Challenges that Novice Programmers Experience when Using Scratch for the First Time. IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL\/HCC), Lisbon, Portugal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jimenez, Y.,<\/strong>\u00a0Gardner-McCune, C., &amp; Lichtenstein, S. Understanding Novice Programmers Perceptions of their First Programming Experience. Accepted at the 2017 International Computing Education Research (ICER), Tacoma, WA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jimenez, Y.<\/strong>\u00a0(2017). Towards Understanding Student\u2019s Mental Effort in Block-Based Programming Environments Using<br>Electroencephalogram (EEG). 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