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This program is tentative and subject to change.

Thu 27 Feb 2025 11:03 - 11:22 at Meeting Room 406 - CS1 Large Class Experiences/Tools

Prior research has established the importance of student instructor preferences and identified various influencing factors. However, the dynamics of how student instructor preferences develop and change are less well understood, due to the limitations of common course structures and reliance on one-time measurements. To bridge this gap, we utilize data from a novel learning platform that provides students with access to instructional content created by multiple instructors. This platform enables the quantification of preference emergence and evolution throughout an entire semester, as students repeatedly select content from different instructors. Examining both initial and final student instructor preferences suggests that preference is a dynamic construct continually shaped by experiences. Furthermore, our analysis of the associations between preferences and student characteristics reveals a nuanced picture: while student attributes did not significantly correlate with initial preferences, substantial differences emerged in final preferences across genders and self-reported prior programming experience. This analysis contributes to the existing body of knowledge by expanding our understanding of student instructor preferences and student-instructor relationships in computer science education. We also provide practical insights that institutions and instructors can draw on when multiple instructors collaborate on a course.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Thu 27 Feb

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10:45 - 12:00
CS1 Large Class Experiences/ToolsPapers at Meeting Room 406
10:45
18m
Talk
Coordinate: A Virtual Classroom Management Tool For Large Computer Science Courses Using Discord
Papers
Cameron Brown University of Florida, Laura Cruz Castro University of Florida
11:03
18m
Talk
Investigating the Presence and Development of Student Instructor Preferences in a Large-Scale CS1 Course
Papers
Yiqiu Zhou University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Luc Paquette University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Geoffrey Challen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
11:22
18m
Talk
TA Bot Report: AI Assistants in CS1 Save Students Homework Time and Reduce Demands on Staff. (Now What?)
Papers
J.D. Zamfirescu-Pereira UC Berkeley, Laryn Qi University of California, Berkeley, Bjoern Hartmann UC Berkeley, John DeNero UC Berkeley, Narges Norouzi University of California, Berkeley
11:41
18m
Talk
The Impact of Group Discussion and Formation on Student Performance: An Experience Report in a Large CS1 Course
Papers
Tong Wu Virginia Tech, Xiaohang Tang Virginia Tech, Sam Wong , Xi Chen , Cliff Shaffer Virginia Tech, Yan Chen Virginia Tech, USA