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 …

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

Background and Context: Over the past year, large language models (LLMs) have taken the
world by storm. In computing education, like in other walks of life, many opportunities and …

Most novice programmers are not explicitly aware of the problem-solving process used to
approach programming problems and cannot articulate to an instructor where they are in …

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 …

Programming is an essential skill that many computing students are expected to master.
However, programming can be difficult to learn. Successfully interpreting compiler error …

Errors in the logic of a program (sometimes referred to as semantic errors) can be very
frustrating for novice programmers to locate and resolve. Develo** a better understanding …

Course instructors need to be able to identify students in need of assistance as early in the
course as possible. Recent work has suggested that machine learning approaches applied …

There is an active strand of research in the literature exploring the effects of Enhanced
Compiler Error Messages on student programming behavior, however many results seem …

Novice programmers are increasingly relying on Large Language Models (LLMs) to
generate code for learning programming concepts. However, this interaction can lead to …