Using an LLM debugging assistant boosts a student's confidence and reduces frustration during debugging¶
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q2 i? The student reported reduced frustration and anxiety and greater confidence in debugging tasks, particularly where he lacked personal experience. → Andrew Ash and John Hu 2026
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Andrew Ash and John Hu 2026¶
Andrew Ash and John Hu. (2026). WIP: Chat-Debugging: Large Language Model as a Hardware Debugging Assistant. arXiv preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.02420 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2608.02420
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Interview data from the single-participant case study. Daniel agreed the assistant reduced frustration, trusted it to research malfunctioning components, and reported more confidence "particularly those where he lacked personal experience," mainly on the software integration side.
"Daniel also found that using an LLM-assistant gave him more confidence in debugging tasks, particularly those where he lacked personal experience."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Affect Regulation — outcome: instruction changes it
- Achievement Emotions — outcome: instruction changes it
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Using an LLM debugging assistant boosts a student's confidence and reduces frustration during debugging |
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Using an LLM debugging assistant boosts a student's confidence and reduces frustration during debugging |
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