Wed 18 Feb 2026 08:30 - 17:00 at Meeting Room 276 - Doctoral Consortium Chair(s): Barbara Ericson, Susan Rodger

Computer Science Education (CSEd) researchers have studied early warning systems to identify students in need of support, primarily in introductory CS (CS1) courses. These studies vary widely in the data features used to predict student struggle and course performance, as well as the evaluation of said features through statistical and machine learning models. This can make it difficult for CS instructors outside the research community to interpret and apply these findings in their own classes. In addition to this, instructors, especially those teaching introductory courses, may struggle to provide personalized feedback while adapting to large class sizes. For my dissertation, I will build and evaluate an instructor-facing dashboard that combines statistical findings from the CSEd community with human-centered design and data visualization techniques. Utilizing a large dataset capturing 30 course sections and over 1,100 students, I plan to compare data features from different works, using my findings to inform what insights to include in a new instructor-facing dashboard. Harnessing methods from the Human-Computer Interaction domain, such as semi-structured interviews and usability studies, I will work with current CS1 instructors across multiple universities to create a tool that addresses their needs, ensuring that the dashboard is applicable to many courses and institutions. Expected contributions of my work include the identification and evaluation of features for identifying student struggle, the analysis of how these features can be presented to CS1 instructors, and the design and evaluation of instructor-facing tools for student support.

Wed 18 Feb

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08:30 - 17:00
Doctoral ConsortiumDoctoral Consortium at Meeting Room 276
Chair(s): Barbara Ericson University of Michigan, Susan Rodger Duke University
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Novel Pedagogical Games Powered by Large Language Models for Computer Science Education
Doctoral Consortium
Kathleen Kelly Colorado School of Mines
08:30
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Large Language Model Tools for Enhancing Student Learning Processes in Computing Education
Doctoral Consortium
Opetunde Ibitoye University of Cincinati
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CS1 Instructor Tools for Actionable and Informed Interventions
Doctoral Consortium
Abigail Liu University of Delaware
08:30
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Designing AI-Resistant Assignments via Iterative Perturbation to Promote Interactive Learning
Doctoral Consortium
Sam Gilson North Carolina State University
08:30
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Helping Programming Students Find and Fix Performance Bugs
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Hope Dargan MIT CSAIL
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What skills do students need to use programming environments?
Doctoral Consortium
Idel Martinez-Ramos Georgia Institute of Technology
08:30
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Aligning Student and Educator Mental Models of Generative AI Use for Productive Teaching and Learning
Doctoral Consortium
08:30
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How Retrieval Augmented Generation Can Assist Secondary Computer Science Educators - Research Description
Doctoral Consortium
Christopher Watson Howard University
08:30
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Self-Selected Experience-Based Grouping in CS1: Examining Student Success and Persistence in CS Major
Doctoral Consortium
April Crockett Tennessee Tech University
08:30
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Computing in the Everyday: Engaging Teachers and Learners in Authentic and Personal Data Interactions
Doctoral Consortium
Ashley Quiterio Northwestern University
08:30
8h30m
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Toward Design Principles for Integrating Computing into K-12 Science and Engineering Through Block-Based Modeling
Doctoral Consortium
Adelmo Eloy University of Sao Paulo (USP)
08:30
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Diagnosing Students’ Understanding of Objects and Classes in OOP
Doctoral Consortium
Priyadharshini Ganapathy Prasad University of Florida
08:30
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Teaching the algorithm design technique selection process
Doctoral Consortium
08:30
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From Code Generation to Learning: Investigating AI-Assisted Programming in Computing Education
Doctoral Consortium
Salma El Otmani University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
08:30
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Exploring Generative AI for Learning Experiences and Instructional Practices in Software Engineering Education
Doctoral Consortium
Tianjia Wang Virginia Tech
08:30
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Teaching Students through Comparing Code in CS1
Doctoral Consortium
Azeeza Eagal North Carolina State University
08:30
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Empowering Computer Science Teachers by Integrating AI into Learning Environments
Doctoral Consortium
Bahare Riahi North Carolina State University
08:30
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An Intervention for Bolstering Help-Seeking Efficacy and Enriching Help-Seeking Approaches
Doctoral Consortium
Shao-Heng Ko Duke University
08:30
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Wearable Electrotactile Feedback for Motor Skill Acquisition
Doctoral Consortium
Vishruti Ranjan National University of Singapore
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A Student-Centered Approach to the Discrete Mathematics Curriculum
Doctoral Consortium
David Magda University of Florida