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While intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) can use information from past students to personalize instruction, each new student is unique. Moreover, the education problem is inherently difficult because the learning process is only partially…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Jeffrey Jiang , Kevin Hong , Emily Kuczynski , Gregory Pottie

Generative AI (GenAI) models have broad implications for education in general, impacting the foundations of what we teach and how we assess. This is especially true in computing, where LLMs tuned for coding have demonstrated shockingly good…

Generative AI creates new opportunities for programming education, but many existing systems remain overly directive, producing lengthy explanations and premature solutions that can overwhelm K-12 novices. In this paper, we present a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Cassandra Lucas , Anshul Bihani , Rohini Kukka , Chun-Hua Tsai , Jaydeb Sarker , Mia Mohammad Imran

Structural induction is a proof technique that is widely used to prove statements about discrete structures. Students find it hard to construct inductive proofs, and when learning to construct such proofs, receiving feedback is important.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-03-02 Josje Lodder , Bastiaan Heeren , Johan Jeuring

The application of Artificial intelligence for teaching and learning in the academic sphere is a trending subject of interest in the computing education. ChatGPT, as an AI-based tool, provides various advantages, such as heightened student…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Basit Qureshi

A compilator is a program which is development in a programming language that read a file known as source. After this file have to translate and have to convert in other program known as object or to generate a exit. The best way for to…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2012-05-09 Jose Texier , Bermudez Manuel

AI-powered coding assistants can support students in programming courses by providing on-demand explanations and debugging help. However, existing research often focuses on individual tools, leaving a gap in evidence-based design…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Boxuan Ma , Yinjie Xie , Huiyong Li , Gen Li , Li Chen , Atsushi Shimada , Shin'Ichi Konomi

The aim of this study was to predict university students' learning performance using different sources of data from an Intelligent Tutoring System. We collected and preprocessed data from 40 students from different multimodal sources:…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-03-13 W. Chango , R. Cerezo , M. Sanchez-Santillan , R. Azevedo , C. Romero

Problem solving is an integral part of any physics curriculum, and most physics instructors would likely agree that the associated learner competencies are best assessed by considering the solution path: not only the final solution matters,…

Physics Education · Physics 2023-12-01 Gerd Kortemeyer

A standing challenge in undergraduate Computer Science curricula is the teaching and learning of computer programming. Through this paper which is an essay about programming, we aim to contribute to the plethora of existing pedagogies,…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2022-02-21 Elpida Keravnou-Papailiou

Automated feedback generation for introductory programming assignments is useful for programming education. Most works try to generate feedback to correct a student program by comparing its behavior with an instructor's reference program on…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-07-01 Umair Z. Ahmed , Zhiyu Fan , Jooyong Yi , Omar I. Al-Bataineh , Abhik Roychoudhury

This paper explores the pedagogical potential of "teacher pre-prompting" as a means of guiding student collaboration in programming education. In particular, we investigate how brief teacher-initiated questions posed before students engage…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-06-26 Johan Petersson

The high demand for computer science education has led to high enrollments, with thousands of students in many introductory courses. In such large courses, it can be overwhelmingly difficult for instructors to understand class-wide…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-04-17 Ashley Ge Zhang , Xiaohang Tang , Steve Oney , Yan Chen

Large language models have been successfully applied to programming assistance tasks, such as code completion, code insertion, and instructional code editing. However, these applications remain insufficiently automated and struggle to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Hao Jiang , Qi Liu , Rui Li , Shengyu Ye , Shijin Wang

In introductory programming courses, it is challenging for instructors to provide debugging feedback on students' incorrect programs. Some recent tools automatically offer program repair feedback by identifying any differences between…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-07-15 Yunlong Lu , Na Meng , Wenxin Li

Involving integrated development environments (IDEs) in introductory-level (CS1) programming courses is critical. However, it is difficult for instructors to find a suitable IDE that is beginner friendly and supports strong functionality.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Jialiang Tan , Yu Chen , Shuyin Jiao

Programming instructors often conduct collaborative learning activities, like Peer Instruction, to foster a deeper understanding in students and enhance their engagement with learning. These activities, however, may not always yield…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Xiaohang Tang , Sam Wong , Kevin Pu , Xi Chen , Yalong Yang , Yan Chen

This paper presents the latest progress of GPTutor: a ChatGPT-powered programming tool extension in Visual Studio Code. The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) has improved software development efficiency, but their performance can be…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Eason Chen , Ray Huang , Justa Liang , Damien Chen , Pierce Hung

This research-to-practice work-in-progress (WIP) paper presents an AI-enabled smart tutor designed to provide homework assessment and feedback for students in an undergraduate circuit analysis course. We detail the tutor's design philosophy…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Liangliang Chen , Huiru Xie , Jacqueline Rohde , Ying Zhang

The rapid adoption of AI powered coding assistants like ChatGPT and other coding copilots is transforming programming education, raising questions about assessment practices, academic integrity, and skill development. As educators seek…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Santiago Berrezueta-Guzman , Stephan Krusche , Stefan Wagner