Context: Modern societies are highly dependent on complex, large-scale, software-intensive
systems that increasingly operate within an environment of continuous availability, which are …

The SIGCSE Technical Symposium is celebrating its 50th year, and a constant theme
throughout this history has been to better understand how novices learn to program. In this …

The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed “emergency remote teaching” across education
globally, leading to the closure of institutions across a variety of settings, from early-years …

Computer programming is a fundamental tool for life scientists, allowing them to carry out
essential research tasks. However, despite various educational efforts, learning to write …

Programming error messages play an important role in learning to program. The cycle of
program input and error message response completes a loop between the programmer and …

Computer programming is a fundamental tool for life scientists, allowing them to carry out
many essential research tasks. However, despite a variety of educational efforts, learning to …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can foster education but can also be misused to breach academic
integrity. Large language models like ChatGPT are able to generate solutions for individual …

A well-received ITiCSE 2016 paper challenged the orthodox view that programming is hard
to learn. It contended that CS1 educators' expectations are too high, which can result in poor …

Background Learning to code is increasingly embedded in secondary and higher education
curricula, where solving programming exercises plays an important role in the learning …

We present results of an in-depth survey of nearly 100 introductory programming (CS1)
instructors in 18 countries spanning six continents. Although CS1 is well studied, relatively …