As computing becomes a mainstream discipline embedded in the school curriculum and
acts as an enabler for an increasing range of academic disciplines in higher education, the …

Programming is a complex task that requires the development of many skills including
knowledge of syntax, problem decomposition, algorithm development, and debugging …

The recent emergence of code generation tools powered by large language models has
attracted wide attention. Models such as OpenAI Codex can take natural language problem …

The focus of this research was to create and test an introductory computer science course for
middle school. Titled “Foundations for Advancing Computational Thinking”(FACT), the …

Prior research has shown that Parsons problems are an engaging type of code completion
problem that can be used to teach syntactic and semantic language constructs. They can …

Large language models are resha** computing education. Based on recent research,
these models explain code better than students, answer multiple choice questions at or …

Learning to recognize and apply programming patterns—reusable abstractions of code—is
critical to becoming a proficient computer scientist. However, many introductory Computer …

ABSTRACT Background and Context: Vygotsky's sociocultural theory emphasises the
importance of language, mediation, and the transfer of skills and knowledge from the social …

Parsons problems are a type of programming exercise where students rearrange jumbled
code blocks of a solution program back into its original form. It is usually implemented as a …

We present a new approach to help make computer science classes both more social and
more effective:" lightweight teams". Lightweight teams are class teams in which the team …