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

It is well documented and has been the topic of much research as well that Computer
Science courses tend to have higher than average drop-out rates at third level, particularly …

Research software is often built as prototypes that never get widespread usage and are left
unmaintained after a few papers get published. To counteract this trend, we propose a …

In the current era where computational literacy holds significant relevance, a growing
number of schools across the globe have placed emphasis on K-12 programming …

Background With the development of computational literacy, there has been a surge in both
research and practice application of text‐based and block‐based modalities within the field …

Purpose This study aims to present the value trace problem (VTP) for Python programming
self-study, by extending the works for Java programming learning assistant system. In total …

The interest on effective strategies to improve the learning process increased over the years.
The usual practice is to know the characteristics of a student and how those can affect the …

Program analysis, verification and testing are important topics in programming languages
and software engineering. They aim to produce engineers who are not only capable of …

Polymorphic types are an important feature in most strongly typed programming languages.
They allow functions to be written in a way that can be used with different data types, while …

There are innovative systems designed for computer science education that teach
programming concepts. However, many of them lack formal testing and comparison in a real …