Practical programming competencies are critical to the success in computer science (CS)
education and go-to-market of fresh graduates. Acquiring the required level of skills is a long …

Automatic Item Generation (AIG) is a system to generate items/questions automatically with
a model using computer technology. AIG can help teachers to provide questions in …

We present Jask, a system capable of generating questions about a learner's code written in
Java. Given Java code as input, Jask provides a set of meaningful questions formulated in …

Recent research has explored the creation of questions from code submitted by students.
These Questions about Learners' Code (QLCs) are created through program analysis …

We introduce the Explorotron Visual Studio Code extension for guided and independent
code exploration and learning. Explorotron is a continuation of earlier work to explore how …

Programming novices often struggle when solving exercises, slowing down progress and
causing a dependency on external aid such as a teacher, a more experienced person, or …

The tech industry is a fast-growing field, with many companies facing issues in finding skilled
workers to fill their open vacancies. At the same time, many people have limited access to …

The concept of variables can be hard to grasp for novices. The Roles of Variables framework
has been found to enhance learning elementary programming. The 11 roles can describe all …

Practice and assessment in introductory programming courses are typically centered on
problems that require students to write code to produce specific outputs. While these …

Learning to program is often perceived as hard by students and some students try to cheat.
Plagiarisms are reported to be a huge problem particularly for summative-like assignments …