Perceived behavior control and its influence on the adoption of software tools
Ronit Ben-Bassat Levy, Mordechai Ben‐Ari · 2008
Animation systems-software tools that show a dynamic view of the execution of a program-can help novices improve their learning of programming and facilitate teaching. However, the use of such visualization tools is not as widespread as one would expect. This paper presents the results of a study of the attitudes that teachers possess on the use of the Jeliot animation system as a pedagogical tool. The results show that in spite of the fact that computer science teachers have positive behavioral beliefs about the use of animation systems in their classrooms, most of them feel a low level of perceived behavior control, and this can explain the low rate of using such tools in practice. We conclude that developers and educators should give attention to control issues relevant to the tools they develop and use.