Teaching software quality via source code inspection tool

Gomes, Pedro Henrique; Garcia, Rogério Eduardo; Spadon, Gabriel; Eler, Danilo Medeiros; Olivete, Celso; Correia, Ronaldo Celso Messias

doi:10.1109/fie.2017.8190658

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“…The existence or the planning of an evaluation of the proposed tool was also a condition to include a study to this research. From the selected studies one described an evaluation that is planned to take place (Yang et al, 2015) and the rest of the studies (Alonso et al, 2008; Alonso & Py, 2009; Ardimento et al, 2020; Azimullah et al, 2020; Blau & Moss, 2015; de Andrade Gomes et al, 2017; Dietrich & Kemp, 2008; Dominique et al, 2013; Fehnker & de Man, 2019; Hashiura et al, 2009; Herout & Brada, 2015; Mirmotahari et al, 2019; Silva & Dorça, 2019; Vallejos et al, 2018; Yan et al, 2020; Yang et al, 2018; Zaw et al, 2018) presented a completed evaluation. From the evaluation data, the most accurate and complete were the study evaluation context [V6], the number of participants [V7], and the evaluation outcome [V8].…”

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“…In other cases, the tools had indirect effects at the learning process. In studies (de Andrade Gomes et al, 2017; Yan et al, 2020; Zaw et al, 2018) the tools helped the learners understand what code quality is. Yang et al (2018) came to the conclusion that the students understood object-oriented programming concepts and had better understanding of the program execution, by using their proposed tool.…”

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Educational Programming Environments for Enhancing Conceptual Design in the Object-Oriented Paradigm: A Systematic Mapping Study

Tsichouridis,

Xinogalos,

Ampatzoglou

2023

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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Teaching and learning programming, and especially Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), is a complicated and challenging task. Students have to comprehend various OOP concepts and utilize them for designing object-oriented programs. Various types of educational programming environments, such as microworlds and educational games, have been devised for supporting novices mainly in comprehending OOP concepts. However, such environments do not usually support students in the conceptual design of object-oriented programs of a considerable length and complexity. In this paper, we focus on a systematic mapping study (SMS) of educational programming environments for enhancing the conceptual design in OOP, which relies on modularity, abstraction and encapsulation. The research questions investigate the intended learning outcomes, the empirical evidence on the effectiveness, and the teaching/learning technologies used by educational programming environments for enhancing the conceptual design in OOP. The findings can support instructors in selecting appropriate tools for their courses and researchers in the field of educational programming environments for OOP.

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Educational Programming Environments for Enhancing Conceptual Design in the Object-Oriented Paradigm: A Systematic Mapping Study

Tsichouridis,

Xinogalos,

Ampatzoglou

2023

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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“…These techniques require datasets of pre-existing student solutions, enabling them to compare a new submission to any solution in the dataset that demonstrates better code style [2,6,7,12,26]. Other miscellaneous tools focus on improving style in young learners using Scratch [30], or tools that are geared towards more advanced students and software engineers [4,9,15].…”

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AI Teaches the Art of Elegant Coding: Timely, Fair, and Helpful Style Feedback in a Global Course

Woodrow,

Malik,

Piech

2024

Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education v. 1

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Teaching students how to write code that is elegant, reusable, and comprehensible is a fundamental part of CS1 education. However, providing this "style feedback" in a timely manner has proven difficult to scale. In this paper, we present our experience deploying a novel, real-time style feedback tool in Code in Place, a large-scale online CS1 course. Our tool is based on the latest breakthroughs in large-language models (LLMs) and was carefully designed to be safe and helpful for students. We used our Real-Time Style Feedback tool (RTSF) in a class with over 8,000 diverse students from across the globe and ran a randomized control trial to understand its benefits. We show that students who received style feedback in real-time were five times more likely to view and engage with their feedback compared to students who received delayed feedback. Moreover, those who viewed feedback were more likely to make significant style-related edits to their code, with over 79% of these edits directly incorporating their feedback. We also discuss the practicality and dangers of LLM-based tools for feedback, investigating the quality of the feedback generated, LLM limitations, and techniques for consistency, standardization, and safeguarding against demographic bias, all of which are crucial for a tool utilized by students. CCS CONCEPTS• Social and professional topics → CS1; • Human-centered computing → User interface programming.

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“…The findings expose many quality flaws and lack of expected quality improvement among the source codes of first-and second-year students. Several published studies have shown that continuous monitoring leads to significant improvements in students' achievements [4,15]. Snipes et al [16] provided practical guidance of using the IDE.…”

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“…Their experience may be effective in computer science education. Over the past few years, there have been studies on the effective using of code review in teaching programming carried out [3,4]. The findings show that code reviews can assist students in looking back at their performance and improving their software development skills.…”

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Application of Constructive Modeling and Process Mining Approaches to the Study of Source Code Development in Software Engineering Courses

Shynkarenko

Zhevaho

2021

JCOMSS

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Teaching software quality via source code inspection tool

Cited by 14 publications

References 12 publications

Educational Programming Environments for Enhancing Conceptual Design in the Object-Oriented Paradigm: A Systematic Mapping Study

Educational Programming Environments for Enhancing Conceptual Design in the Object-Oriented Paradigm: A Systematic Mapping Study

AI Teaches the Art of Elegant Coding: Timely, Fair, and Helpful Style Feedback in a Global Course

Application of Constructive Modeling and Process Mining Approaches to the Study of Source Code Development in Software Engineering Courses

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