3 papers
cs.SE2025
Automatically Generating Questions About Scratch Programs
Florian Obermüller, Gordon Fraser
When learning to program, students are usually assessed based on the code they wrote. However, the mere completion of a programming task does not guarantee actual comprehension of…
cs.CY2025
Detecting Gender Stereotypes in Scratch Programming Tutorials
Isabella Graßl, Benedikt Fein, Gordon Fraser
Gender stereotypes in introductory programming courses often go unnoticed, yet they can negatively influence young learners' interest and learning, particularly under-represented g…
cs.SE2025
LitterBox+: An Extensible Framework for LLM-enhanced Scratch Static Code Analysis
Benedikt Fein, Florian Obermüller, Gordon Fraser
Large language models (LLMs) have become an essential tool to support developers using traditional text-based programming languages, but the graphical notation of the block-based S…