10 papers
Humor in Software Testing Education
Isabella GraÃl, Benoit Baudry
Software testing is often perceived as monotonous, which can negatively influence students' emotional engagement with testing. While prior work suggests that humor can increase eng…
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Gender Representation in Software Engineering Education Videos on YouTube
Isabella GraÃl, Alexander Serebrenik, Giuseppe Destefanis
Educational resources may frame students' perceptions of who belongs in software engineering, which is relevant given the field's ongoing gender gap. However, we know little about…
Domain Diversity, Motivation, Inclusion, and Feedback in Software Modelling Education
Isabella GraÃl, Christopher Lazik, Shalini Chakraborty +2
Student engagement is critical for effective learning in software modelling, yet fostering motivation and inclusivity remains a challenge. While existing research has focused on mo…
Voice-Controlled Scratch for Children with (Motor) Disabilities
Elias Goller, Gordon Fraser, Isabella GraÃl
Block-based programming environments like Scratch have become widely adopted in Computer Science Education, but the mouse-based drag-and-drop interface can challenge users with dis…
From Personas to Programming: Gender-specific Effects of Design Thinking-Based Computing Education at Secondary Schools
Isabella GraÃl, Gordon Fraser, Daniela Damian
Creative approaches to attract students to software engineering at an early age are emerging, yet their differential impact on gender remains unclear. This study investigates wheth…
Learning to Program Alongside AI: Critical Thinking, AI Ethics, and Gendered Patterns of German Secondary School Students
Isabella GraÃl
The first generation of students is learning to program alongside GenAI (Generative Artificial Intelligence) tools, raising questions about how young learners critically engage wit…