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Towards an Understanding of Program Writing as a Cognitive Process: Analysis of Keystroke Logs

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ICER 2021: Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3446871.3469774

Published: 17 August 2021 Publication History

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Program writing is difficult to teach, learn, and assess. One challenge is a lack of theory or understanding about what program writing is. My dissertation will address this challenge by applying theories from natural language (NL) writing to try and understand program writing as a cognitive process. By analyzing keystroke logs collected during program writing, I plan to identify similarities with NL writing, potential diagnostic information, and how program writing changes as students become more proficient.

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ICER 2021: Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research

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DOI:10.1145/3446871

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Zhang YPaquette LPinto JFan A(2023)Utilizing programming traces to explore and model the dimensions of novices' code‐writing skillComputer Applications in Engineering Education10.1002/cae.2262231:4(1041-1058)Online publication date: 10-Mar-2023
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