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Generative AI (GAI) tools have seen rapid adoption in educational settings, yet their role in fostering critical thinking remains underexplored. While previous studies have examined GAI as a tutor for specific lessons or as a tool for…

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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

Generative AI is increasingly embedded in collaborative learning, yet little is known about how AI personas shape learner agency when AI teammates are present but not disclosed. This mechanism study examines how supportive and contrarian AI…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Yueqiao Jin , Roberto Martinez-Maldonado , Dragan Gašević , Lixiang Yan

Design is a non-linear, reflective process in which practitioners engage with visual, semantic, and other expressive materials to explore, iterate, and refine ideas. As Generative AI (GenAI) becomes integrated into professional design…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Xiaohan Peng , Wendy E. Mackay , Janin Koch

Collaboration is a crucial part of computing education. The increase in AI capabilities over the last couple of years is bound to profoundly affect all aspects of systems and software engineering, including collaboration. In this position…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-01-27 Natalie Kiesler , Jacqueline Smith , Juho Leinonen , Armando Fox , Stephen MacNeil , Petri Ihantola

Generative AI (GenAI) tools are increasingly pervasive, pushing instructors to redesign how students use GenAI tools in coursework. We conceptualize this work as emergency pedagogical design: reactive, indirect efforts by instructors to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Sam Lau , Kianoosh Boroojeni , Harry Keeling , Jenn Marroquin

Recent advancements in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), particularly large language models, have introduced new possibilities for software development practices. In our paper we investigate the emerging Vibe Coding (VC) paradigm…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Kevin Krings , Nino S. Bohn , Thomas Ludwig

Generative AI is disrupting computing education. Most interventions focus on teaching GenAI use rather than helping students understand how AI changes their programming process. We designed and deployed a novel comparative video reflection…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-24 Sarah "Magz" Fernandez , Greg L Nelson

Help-seeking is a critical way for students to learn new concepts, acquire new skills, and get unstuck when problem-solving in their computing courses. The recent proliferation of generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, offers students a new…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-01-05 Irene Hou , Sophia Metille , Zhuo Li , Owen Man , Cynthia Zastudil , Stephen MacNeil

Generative AI is reshaping education, but it also raises concerns about instability and overreliance. In programming classrooms, we aim to leverage its feedback capabilities while reinforcing the educator's role in guiding student-AI…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Gefei Zhang , Guodao Sun , Meng Xia , Ronghua Liang

Modern computing students often rely on both natural-language prompting and manual code editing to solve programming tasks. Yet we still lack a clear understanding of how these two modes are combined in practice, and how their usage varies…

Software development is undergoing a fundamental transformation as vibe coding becomes widespread, with large portions of contemporary codebases now being generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The disconnect between rapid adoption and…

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The growing adoption of generative AI in education highlights the need to integrate established pedagogical principles into AI-assisted learning environments. This study investigates the potential of metacognitive theory to inform…

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Generative AI(GenAI) is a kind of AI model capable of producing human-like content in various modalities, including text, image, audio, video, and computer programming. Although GenAI offers great potential for education, its value often…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Yun Dai , Sichen Lai

While research on human-AI collaboration exists, it mainly examined language learning and used traditional counting methods with little attention to evolution and dynamics of collaboration on cognitively demanding tasks. This study examines…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Mohammed Saqr , Kamila Misiejuk , Sonsoles López-Pernas

This exploratory study investigates the intersection of Generative AI tools and experiential learning in business education. Through a case study of an innovative undergraduate course, we examine how students interact with and adapt to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Nicole C. Wang

The growing need for automated and personalized feedback in programming education has led to recent interest in leveraging generative AI for feedback generation. However, current approaches tend to rely on prompt engineering techniques in…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Victor-Alexandru Pădurean , Tung Phung , Nachiket Kotalwar , Michael Liut , Juho Leinonen , Paul Denny , Adish Singla

The use of automatic grading tools has become nearly ubiquitous in large undergraduate programming courses, and recent work has focused on improving the quality of automatically generated feedback. However, there is a relative lack of data…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-11-24 Abe Leite , Saúl A. Blanco

As AI tools such as ChatGPT enter programming classrooms, students encounter differing rules across courses and instructors, which shape how they use AI and leave them with unequal capabilities for leveraging it. We investigate how students…

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