Platform logs show behavioral shifts toward goal-oriented optimization between workshop Days 4 and 5¶

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q2 i? Markov chain analysis of Days 4-5 logs showed redundant design-implementation switching decreased while optimization-related transitions increased, indicating more efficient problem-solving and systematic refinement; no effect size is printed for these transition-probability changes. → Yimeng Sun 2026

Evidence¶

Yimeng Sun 2026¶

Yimeng Sun, Haiyang Xin, Qiannan Niu, Shuang Li, Lingyun Huang, Gaowei Chen. (2026). Computational Thinking Development in AI Agent Creation: A Mixed-Methods Study. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.14330 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.14330

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Markov chain analysis of platform behavioral logs during autonomous project development (Days 4-5), visualized in Figure 1 as a behavioral transition network; only p-values and probability changes are printed, no standardized effect size.

"Redundant design-imple- mentation switching decreased (transition probabilities decreased by 0.12 and 0.08, 𝑝 < .001), while optimization-related transitions increased (by 0.061 and 0.076, 𝑝 < .03), indicating more efficient problem-solving and systematic refinement."

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