Efforts to improve computer science education are underway, and teachers of computer
science are challenged in introductory programming courses to help learners develop their …

Bloom's taxonomy of the cognitive domain and the SOLO taxonomy are being increasingly
widely used in the design and assessment of courses, but there are some drawbacks to their …

This article explores the natural language generation capabilities of large language models
with application to the production of two types of learning resources common in …

Reasoning about code and explaining its purpose are fundamental skills for computer
scientists. There has been extensive research in the field of computing education on the …

Advances in natural language processing have resulted in large language models (LLMs)
that can generate code and code explanations. In this paper, we report on our experiences …

Scratch is a visual programming environment that is widely used by young people. We
investigated if Scratch can be used to teach concepts of computer science. We developed …

Timely, personalized feedback is essential for students learning programming. LLM-
powered tools like ChatGPT offer instant support, but reveal direct answers with code, which …

ABSTRACT Background and Context: Current introductory instruction fails to identify,
structure, and sequence the many skills involved in programming. Objective: We proposed a …

One of the central topics in computing education research (CEDR) is the exploration of how
a person learns their first programming language, also described in terms such as …

This study analyzed student responses to an examination, after the students had completed
one semester of instruction in programming. The performance of students on code tracing …