Benefits of Self-explanation in Introductory Programming

By Arto Vihavainen, Craig S. Miller, Amber Settle. 2015

33 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Computer Science Applications, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Science & Psychology

How researchers see this paper

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In Computer Science Applications

1. Paul Denny
2. Juho Leinonen
3. Sami Sarsa
4. Arto Hellas
5. Stephen MacNeil
6. Seth Bernstein
7. Andrew Tran
8. Joanne Kim

In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. Paul Denny
2. Sami Sarsa
3. Arto Hellas
4. Juho Leinonen

In Cognitive Science & Psychology

1. Paul Denny
2. Sami Sarsa
3. Arto Hellas
4. Juho Leinonen

Citations in the corpus

• Comparing Code Explanations Created by Students and Large Language Models (2023, background): “This process of explaining one’s own code provided both short and long-term learning benefits for students [29, 42].”
• Experiences from Using Code Explanations Generated by Large Language Models in a Web Software Development E-Book (2022, background): “These ‘self-explanations’ can provide short and long-term learning benefits for students [26, 41].”
• CodeAid: Evaluating a Classroom Deployment of an LLM-based Programming Assistant that Balances Student and Educator Needs (2024, unknown): “For example, ‘explain in plain English’ questions prompt students to explain their understanding of code at an abstract level [62], and provides both long-term and short-term learning benefits [45, 59].”