Abstract: Tools based on the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) have improved the computer programming teaching process, automated feedback processes, facilitated program repair, and enabled ...

When I was new to programming, I focused way too much on learning the syntax, especially the brackets, the semicolons, and ...

Abstract: In this paper we present CodeCraft, an educational video game we are developing to teach the fundamentals of computer programming. Similar to other educational tools such as Scratch, Alice, ...

My computer coding education ended in a high school classroom in the early 2000s, when I created a game in which two camels spit at one another. The experience of typing every line of code was ...