In the Python-based CS1 course at UofT, GATs produced no significant overall or topic-specific immediate performance effects¶
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q3 i? No significant overall differences in immediate performance were found between conditions at UofT, and topic-specific results showed no effects after correction. → uoft-immediate
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uoft-immediate¶
Yuri Noviello, Naaz Sibia, Anastasiia Birillo, Thomas Overklift Vaupel Klein, Michael Liut, and Gosia Migut. 2026. AI-Generated Traces for Novice Programmers: Learning Effects and Learner Differences in a Multi-Institutional Study. Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1 (ITiCSE 2026). https://doi.org/10.1145/3803400.3809346
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Randomized experiment in a 12-week flipped Python CS1 course at UofT (pooled N=961; File Writing N=416); Table 1 row 21 reports Δ=0.173, p=0.760, padj=0.761, and row 5 reports Δ=2.691, p=0.021, padj=0.062 for File Writing. Equivalence was not tested.
"No significant overall differences in immediate performance were found between conditions. Topic-specific results also showed no effects after correction, thoughFile Writinghad the largest raw difference favoringGATs(Table 1, row 5)."
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In the Python-based CS1 course at UofT, GATs produced no significant overall or topic-specific immediate performance effects |
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In the Python-based CS1 course at UofT, GATs produced no significant overall or topic-specific immediate performance effects |
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