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Title: Integrating Personalized Parsons Problems with Multi-Level Textual Explanations to Scaffold Code Writing
(Submitted on 6 Jan 2024 (v1), last revised 11 Jan 2024 (this version, v2))
Abstract: Novice programmers need to write basic code as part of the learning process, but they often face difficulties. To assist struggling students, we recently implemented personalized Parsons problems, which are code puzzles where students arrange blocks of code to solve them, as pop-up scaffolding. Students found them to be more engaging and preferred them for learning, instead of simply receiving the correct answer, such as the response they might get from generative AI tools like ChatGPT. However, a drawback of using Parsons problems as scaffolding is that students may be able to put the code blocks in the correct order without fully understanding the rationale of the correct solution. As a result, the learning benefits of scaffolding are compromised. Can we improve the understanding of personalized Parsons scaffolding by providing textual code explanations? In this poster, we propose a design that incorporates multiple levels of textual explanations for the Parsons problems. This design will be used for future technical evaluations and classroom experiments. These experiments will explore the effectiveness of adding textual explanations to Parsons problems to improve instructional benefits.
Submission history
From: Xinying Hou [view email][v1] Sat, 6 Jan 2024 07:27:46 GMT (4689kb,D)
[v2] Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:29:03 GMT (3973kb,D)
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