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Critiquing Computing Artifacts through Programming Satirical Python Scripts
Aadarsh Padiyath, Tamara Nelson-Fromm, Barbara Ericson
Computing artifacts tend to exclude marginalized students, so we must create new methods to critique and change them. We studied the potential for "satirical programming" to critiq…
Understanding the Effects of Using Parsons Problems to Scaffold Code Writing for Students with Varying CS Self-Efficacy Levels
Xinying Hou, Barbara J. Ericson, Xu Wang
Introductory programming courses aim to teach students to write code independently. However, transitioning from studying worked examples to generating their own code is often diffi…
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…