Perceived task difficulty with the tools was rated much easier than imagined difficulty without them, with gaps of at least 2.5 SEQ points on every task¶
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q2 i? Average SEQ ratings for solving tasks with the tools were at least 2.5 points easier than participants' imagined difficulty without the tools, with the largest differences on tasks 3 (3.57), 6 (3.14), and 7 (3.07). → Julián Méndez 2026
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Julián Méndez 2026¶
Julián Méndez, Lukas Gerlach, Tobias Wieland, Alex Ivliev, Markus Krötzsch, Raimund Dachselt. (2026). Evaluating a Visual Query Tracer and Builder for Learning Declarative Logic Programming. arXiv preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.18864 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2607.18864
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Descriptive comparison of two SEQ ratings per task (with the tools vs. imagined without) from the 14-participant interview study; the article reports "the largest differences on tasks 3 (3.57), 6 (3.14), and 7 (3.07)". No statistical test or effect size is printed.
"All averages (using our tools versus not using them) differ by at least 2.5 points, with the largest differences on tasks 3 (3.57), 6 (3.14), and 7 (3.07)."
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Related Claims¶
- The with/without-tools difficulty gap narrowed as graph size grew, which the authors read as a positive indication of scalability — related
- A qualitative study with 14 students found very positive perceived task-difficulty and user-experience assessments for the Nemo+nev environment — related
- Participants with higher subject expertise completed tasks and used the tools more easily than less experienced participants — related
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Perceived task difficulty with the tools was rated much easier than imagined difficulty without them, with gaps of at least 2.5 SEQ points on every task |
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Perceived task difficulty with the tools was rated much easier than imagined difficulty without them, with gaps of at least 2.5 SEQ points on every task |
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