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most citedThe Robots are Here: Navigating the Generative AI Revolution in Computing Education

369 citations · 389 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cs.DL2026

Testing Our Foundations: Citation Trends, Errors, and Emerging Hallucinations in the Computing Education Literature

Paul Denny, Gweneth Barbre, Musa Blake +5

Accurate references are foundational to scholarly work, enabling verification, attribution, and systematic review. However, the rapid adoption of large language models has introduc…

cs.CY2024★ 2 cited

Beyond the Hype: A Comprehensive Review of Current Trends in Generative AI Research, Teaching Practices, and Tools

James Prather, Juho Leinonen, Natalie Kiesler +12

Generative AI (GenAI) is advancing rapidly, and the literature in computing education is expanding almost as quickly. Initial responses to GenAI tools were mixed between panic and…

cs.CY2024★ 1 cited

Breaking the Programming Language Barrier: Multilingual Prompting to Empower Non-Native English Learners

James Prather, Brent N. Reeves, Paul Denny +11

Non-native English speakers (NNES) face multiple barriers to learning programming. These barriers can be obvious, such as the fact that programming language syntax and instruction…

cs.CY2024★ 3 cited

Prompts First, Finally

Brent N. Reeves, James Prather, Paul Denny +4

Generative AI (GenAI) and large language models in particular, are disrupting Computer Science Education. They are proving increasingly capable at more and more challenges. Some ed…

cs.AI2024★ 5 cited

The Widening Gap: The Benefits and Harms of Generative AI for Novice Programmers

James Prather, Brent Reeves, Juho Leinonen +6

Novice programmers often struggle through programming problem solving due to a lack of metacognitive awareness and strategies. Previous research has shown that novices can encounte…

cs.HC2024★ 6 cited

Interactions with Prompt Problems: A New Way to Teach Programming with Large Language Models

James Prather, Paul Denny, Juho Leinonen +7

Large Language Models (LLMs) have upended decades of pedagogy in computing education. Students previously learned to code through \textit{writing} many small problems with less emp…

cs.HC2023★ 3 cited

Prompt Problems: A New Programming Exercise for the Generative AI Era

Paul Denny, Juho Leinonen, James Prather +4

Large Language Models (LLMs) are revolutionizing the field of computing education with their powerful code-generating capabilities. Traditional pedagogical practices have focused o…

cs.CY2023★ 369 cited

The Robots are Here: Navigating the Generative AI Revolution in Computing Education

James Prather, Paul Denny, Juho Leinonen +12

Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are fundamentally reshaping computing, with large language models (LLMs) now effectively being able to generate and interpret so…