Can Automated Feedback Turn Students into Happy Prologians?

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16742v1
• Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:11:54 GMT
• Title: Can Automated Feedback Turn Students into Happy Prologians?
• Authors: Ricardo Brancas, Pedro Orvalho, Carolina Carreira, Vasco Manquinho, Ruben Martins,
• Abstract summary: In ProHelp, we implemented several types of automated feedback adapted to different languages and programming paradigms.<n>We surveyed students to find if the feedback was useful and which types of feedback they preferred.<n>Results show that students found all types of feedback helpful, with automatic testing, in particular, being the most helpful type.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Giving personalized feedback to students is very important to the learning process. However, doing so in a timely manner can be difficult to accomplish in very large courses. Recent work has explored different types of automated feedback adapted to different languages and programming paradigms, particularly logic programming. In ProHelp, we implemented several of these types of feedback so that they could be used by students enrolled in a logic programming class. Then, we surveyed those students to find if the feedback was useful and which types of feedback they preferred. Results show that students found all types of feedback helpful, with automatic testing, in particular, being the most helpful type. We also explore student preferences for which types of feedback they would most like to see implemented in the future.

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