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 …

Contribution: This paper adds to the results of previous systematic literature reviews by
addressing a more contemporary context of introductory programming. It proposes a …

A key part of learning to program is learning to understand programming error messages.
They can be hard to interpret and identifying the cause of errors can be time-consuming …

Diagnostic messages generated by compilers and interpreters such as syntax error
messages have been researched for over half of a century. Unfortunately, these messages …

Every year, millions of students learn how to write programs. Learning activities for
beginners almost always include programming tasks that require a student to write a …

Prior work suggests that novice programmers are greatly impacted by the feedback provided
by their programming environments. While some research has examined the impact of …

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 …

In this paper, we evaluate the most effective error message types through a large-scale
randomized controlled trial conducted in an open-access, online introductory computer …

In the challenging field of introductory programming, high enrolments and failure rates drive
us to explore tools and systems to enhance student outcomes, especially automated tools …

When solving programming problems, novices are often not aware of where they are in the
problem-solving process. For instance, students who misinterpret the problem prompt will …