Publications
Publications Related To This Project’s Core Scope
These publications align with the central aims of this project. They showcase the key findings and innovations that this project is contributing to the field of computer science education:
Investigating Students' Perspectives on the Value of Help-Seeking Resources in CS Education
Proceedings of the 2024 on ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference V. 1
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05 Dec 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3649165.3690130
This study examines the experiences of CS2 students with help-seeking resources throughout a semester, identifying patterns through qualitative interviews and emergent coding to highlight both the benefits and challenges of resource utilization.
The Trees in the Forest: Characterizing Computing Students' Individual Help-Seeking Approaches
Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research - Volume 1
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12 Aug 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3632620.3671099
This paper investigates the help-seeking behaviors of individual computing students across various course contexts, identifying which aspects are consistent for each student (individual-driven) and which vary depending on the course (context-driven).
Prior What Experience? The Relationship Between Prior Experience and Student Help-Seeking Beyond CS1
Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1
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13 Jun 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3724363.3729092
This study explores how different types of prior experience relate to computing students’ help-seeking behaviors across multiple course contexts beyond CS1, highlighting how these relationships vary depending on the type of help resource and instructional context.
Rethinking Computing Students’ Help Resource Utilization through Sequentiality
ACM Transactions on Computing Education
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31 Mar 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3716860
This study investigates computing students’ help-seeking behaviors across multiple course contexts by analyzing self-reported and behavioral data to understand the order in which they use help resources, how these reported sequences align with actual usage, and what sequential patterns emerge during assignment-level help-seeking.
Student Perceptions of the Help Resource Landscape
Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1
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12 Feb 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3641554.3701851
Using survey data from multiple CS courses, this paper examines how students value different dimensions of the help-seeking landscape, how these values influence the order in which resources are used, and how student identities relate to their perceptions of help resources.
Additional Publications
The following works reflect other contributions from our research team that, while outside the immediate scope of this project, provide valuable context and complementary insights.
Satisfactory for All: Supporting Mastery Learning with Human-in-the-loop Assessments in a Discrete Math Course
Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1
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12 Feb 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3641554.3701854
What Drives Students to Office Hours: Individual Differences and Similarities
Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1
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02 Mar 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3545945.3569777
UPIC a Problem-Solving Framework: Understand, Plan, Implement, and Correctness/Debugging
Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research - Volume 2
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07 Aug 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3501709.3544286
Exploring Novice Programmers' Testing Behavior: A First Step to Define Coding Struggle
Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1
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07 Mar 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630851
Using Survival Analysis to Model Students' Patience in Online Office Hour Queues
Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2
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14 Mar 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3626253.3635517
Observations on Student Help-Seeking Behaviors in Introductory Computer Science Courses
Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2
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01 Mar 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3545947.3576325
Too long to wait and not much to do: Modeling student behaviors while waiting for help in online office hours.
Proceedings of the 7th Educational Data Mining in Computer Science Education (CSEDM) Workshop
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01 Jul 2023
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https://par.nsf.gov/biblio/10392589
Who Should I Help Next? Simulation of Office Hours Queue Scheduling Strategy in a CS2 Course
International Educational Data Mining Society
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12 Jul 2024
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12729866
Academic Help Seeking Patterns in Introductory Computer Science Courses
[no publisher info]
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23 Aug 2022
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http://dx.doi.org/10.18260/1-2--41526
You Asked, Now What? Modeling Students' Help-Seeking and Coding Actions from Request to Resolution
Journal of Educational Data Mining
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01 Jan 2022
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https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1373162
Assessment of Self-Identified Learning Struggles in CS2 Programming Assignments
Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1
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29 Jun 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3587102.3588786
Don't Just Paste Your Stacktrace: Shaping Discussion Forums in Introductory CS Courses
Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2
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03 Mar 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3478432.3499110
Who Uses Office Hours?: A Comparison of In-Person and Virtual Office Hours Utilization
Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
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22 Feb 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3478431.3499334
Admitting You Have a Problem Is the First Step: Modeling When and Why Students Seek Help in Programming Assignments
International Educational Data Mining Society
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01 Jan 2022
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https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED624046
Automatically Classifying Student Help Requests: A Multi-Year Analysis
International Educational Data Mining Society
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01 Jan 2021
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https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED615496
My Digital Hand: A Tool for Scaling Up One-to-One Peer Teaching in Support of Computer Science Learning
Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
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08 Mar 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3017680.3017800
Deconstructing the Discussion Forum: Student Questions and Computer Science Learning
Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
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08 Mar 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3017680.3017745
CSED Podcast Episode - S3xE7: Class Forums with Amogh Mannekote
Produced by Kristin Stephens-Martinez and Amarachi Anakaraonye
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05 Dec 2022
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https://csedpodcast.org/blog/s3e7_class_forums/
CSED Podcast Episode - S3xE9: Peer Teaching Summit at SIGCSE TS 2022
Produced by Kristin Stephens-Martinez and Amarachi Anakaraonye
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06 Mar 2023
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https://csedpodcast.org/blog/s3e9_peer_teaching/