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Integrating Personalized Parsons Problems with Multi-Level Textual Explanations to Scaffold Code Writing
Xinying Hou, Barbara J. Ericson, Xu Wang
Novice programmers need to write basic code as part of the learning process, but they often face difficulties. To assist struggling students, we recently implemented personalized P…
How Novices Use LLM-Based Code Generators to Solve CS1 Coding Tasks in a Self-Paced Learning Environment
Majeed Kazemitabaar, Xinying Hou, Austin Henley +3
As Large Language Models (LLMs) gain in popularity, it is important to understand how novice programmers use them. We present a thematic analysis of 33 learners, aged 10-17, indepe…
Studying the effect of AI Code Generators on Supporting Novice Learners in Introductory Programming
Majeed Kazemitabaar, Justin Chow, Carl Ka To Ma +3
AI code generators like OpenAI Codex have the potential to assist novice programmers by generating code from natural language descriptions, however, over-reliance might negatively…