2 papers
cs.CY2026
Teaching Prompt-Based Programming with LLMs: A 45-Minute Lesson with Guided Practice for End-User Programmers
Keith Tran, Samiha Marwan, Thomas Price
Prompt-based programming, a new modality enabled by large language models (LLMs), allows users to express computational goals through natural language rather than traditional code.…
cs.CY2026
"Why Put in This Much Effort?": How AI Availability Shapes Students' Motivation in Introductory Programming
Keith Tran, Colton Harper, Thomas Price
When AI tools can easily complete programming assignments, students face a motivational question: why invest effort in completing them independently? While prior work has examined…