CSEdPad

Investigating and Scaffolding Students' Mental Models during Computer Programming Tasks to Improve Learning, Engagement, and Retention

In this project, we explore several ideas including:

Student self-explanations when working with solved programming exercises by gauging their similarity with expected expert self-explanations [1].

References

1. Rus, Vasile & Akhuseyinoglu, Kamil & Chapagain, Jeevan & Tamang, Lasang & Brusilovsky, Peter. (2022). Prompting for Free Self-Explanations Promotes Better Code Comprehension.

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