Pedantic Computing

Episodes

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  "Why Put in This Much Effort?": How AI Availability Shapes Students' Motivation in Introductory Programming | Read & Reflect 08.10.2026 1h 47m

  This Read & Reflect focuses on the following open access paper:Keith Tran, Colton Harper, and Thomas Price. 2026. "Why Put in This Much Effort?": How AI Availability Shapes Students' Motivation in Introductory Programming. In Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research Vol. 1 (ICER '26). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 189–201. https://doi.org/10.1145/3765964.3811653As derivative work, this recording is compliant with the license for the paper listed above, which is ⁠CC-BY⁠.
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  Effective Use of Large Language Models for Social Constructivism in Computer Science Education | Read & Reflect 19.07.2026 58m

  This Read & Reflect focuses on the following open access paper:Nickolas Falkner, Leo Leppänen, and Juho Leinonen. 2026. Effective Use of Large Language Models for Social Constructivism in Computer Science Education. In Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1 (ITiCSE 2026). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 210–216. https://doi.org/10.1145/3803400.3809392As derivative work, this recording is compliant with the license for the paper listed above, which is CC-BY.
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  Chapter 8 | PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella 21.04.2026 1h 11m

  Responsible and Equitable Use of AI Code Generators in Computer Science Education, the PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella | Chapter 8, Conclusion
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  Chapter 7 | PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella 21.04.2026 1h 4m

  Responsible and Equitable Use of AI Code Generators in Computer Science Education, the PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella | Chapter 7, Fast and Forgettable: A Controlled Study of Novices’ Performance, Learning, Workload, and Emotion in AI-Assisted and Human Pair Programming Paradigms
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  Chapter 6 | PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella 21.04.2026 1h 44m

  Responsible and Equitable Use of AI Code Generators in Computer Science Education, the PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella | Chapter 6, Beyond Efficiency: A Critical Political Economy Perspective on AI Code Generators in Computing Education
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  Chapter 5 | PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella 21.04.2026 1h 3m

  Responsible and Equitable Use of AI Code Generators in Computer Science Education, the PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella | Chapter 5, HBCU Student Perspectives on Identity, Persistence, and Code-Generating AI in CS Education: A Case Study
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  Chapter 4 | PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella 21.04.2026 50m

  Responsible and Equitable Use of AI Code Generators in Computer Science Education, the PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella | Chapter 4, Relationships Between Trust, Compliance, and Performance for Novice Programmers Using AI Code Generation
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  Chapter 3 | PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella 21.04.2026 1h 40m

  Responsible and Equitable Use of AI Code Generators in Computer Science Education, the PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella | Chapter 3, Novice Interactions with GitHub Copilot Under Time Pressure: A Deductive Qualitative Interview Study
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  Chapter 2 | PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella 21.04.2026 30m

  Responsible and Equitable Use of AI Code Generators in Computer Science Education, the PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella | Chapter 2, Performance, Workload, Emotion, and Self-Efficacy of Novice Programmers Using AI Code Generation
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  Chapter 1 | PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella 21.04.2026 1h 7m

  Responsible and Equitable Use of AI Code Generators in Computer Science Education, the PhD Dissertation of Nicholas Gardella | Font Matter and Chapter 1, Introduction
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  How Code Runs: Interpreters, Runtimes, and Compilers 30.01.2025 1h

  Different types of programming languages are explained in terms of their tradeoffs between developer experience and performance/size.
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  What is “State” in Computing? 23.01.2025 56m

  State is explained at the level of computer hardware, in the context of operating system software, and in the context of programming.
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  The Web and JavaScript™ 22.01.2025 1h 10m