Syntax errors are made by novice and experienced programmers alike; however, novice
programmers lack the years of experience that help them quickly resolve these frustrating …

We study which observable affective states and behaviors relate to students' achievement
within a CS1 programming course. To this end, we use a combination of human observation …

High attrition and dropout rates are common in introductory programming courses. One of
the reasons students drop out is loss of motivation due to the lack of feedback and proper …

We attempt to automatically detect student frustration, at a coarse-grained level, using
measures distilled from student behavior within a learning environment for introductory …

A frustrating aspect of software development is that compiler error messages often fail to
locate the actual cause of a syntax error. An errant semicolon or brace can result in many …

The time that students spend on assignments, ie time-ontask, has been used frequently in
prior research to understand student affect, study habits, and course performance, among …

In this paper, we analyze 32,000 Java programming assessments submitted to the
CodeRunner platform by introductory programming students. We identify common …

In this paper, we report on the analysis of a novel type of automatically recorded detailed
programming session data collected on a university-level web programming course. We …

We present the preliminary analysis of a study whose long term aim is to track IDE usage to
identify novice-programmers in need of support. Our analysis focused on the activity of 24 …

Novice programmers are having a difficult time writing their first programs and instructors
handling a programming class with a large population are also having difficulties in …