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- research-articleJuly 2022
An Empirical Analysis of Code-Tracing Concepts
ITiCSE '22: Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol. 1Pages 262–268https://doi.org/10.1145/3502718.3524794Which code-tracing concepts are introductory programming students likely to learn from classroom instruction and which ones need additional problem-solving practice to master? Are there relationships among programming concepts that can be used to build ...
- research-articleJuly 2018
Giving hints is complicated: understanding the challenges of an automated hint system based on frequent wrong answers
ITiCSE 2018: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science EducationPages 45–50https://doi.org/10.1145/3197091.3197102Formative feedback is important for learning. Code-tracing is a vital skill in computer science learning. We set out to deliver formative feedback to students on code-tracing, constructed-response assessments by building a student error model using ...
- research-articleJune 2015
Solving Code-tracing Problems and its Effect on Code-writing Skills Pertaining to Program Semantics
ITiCSE '15: Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science EducationPages 314–319https://doi.org/10.1145/2729094.2742587An earlier study had found that solving code tracing problems helped improve code writing skills of students. But, given the instruments used in the earlier study, the improvement in code writing pertained primarily to language syntax. A follow-up ...
- research-articleJuly 2013
A study of the influence of code-tracing problems on code-writing skills
ITiCSE '13: Proceedings of the 18th ACM conference on Innovation and technology in computer science educationPages 183–188https://doi.org/10.1145/2462476.2462507A study was conducted to find out whether solving code tracing problems helps improve code writing skills of students. Students were asked to answer a code writing quiz before and after a problem-solving session on code tracing. Increase in the score ...
