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  1. RESEARCH · arXiv cs.CL English(EN) · · [2 sources]

    Simulating Students' Java Programming Errors with Large Language Models

    A new research paper explores the use of large language models (LLMs) to simulate student programming errors in Java. The study evaluated five LLMs using different prompting strategies on the CodeWorkout dataset, which contains over 74,000 student submissions. Results indicate that while LLMs can generate diverse errors, Claude Sonnet 4 showed the most balanced performance in aligning with authentic student mistakes. Expert annotations confirmed that the synthetic errors were functionally indistinguishable from real student errors. AI

    IMPACT LLMs can be used to generate realistic programming errors, aiding in the development of educational tools like intelligent tutoring systems.

  2. TOOL · arXiv cs.LG English(EN) ·

    Ensuring Reliability in Programming Knowledge Tracing: A Re-evaluation of Attention-augmented Models and Experimental Protocols

    A new study re-evaluates attention-augmented models for Programming Knowledge Tracing (PKT), finding that their reported performance gains are highly sensitive to experimental design choices. The research highlights issues with attention dimension settings and temporal causality violations due to improper ordering of student attempts. By implementing a controlled evaluation protocol, the study demonstrates a significantly reduced performance gap between complex attention-enhanced models and standard Deep Knowledge Tracing (DKT) models, suggesting that increased architectural complexity does not consistently yield superior results. AI

    Ensuring Reliability in Programming Knowledge Tracing: A Re-evaluation of Attention-augmented Models and Experimental Protocols

    IMPACT Provides practical guidance for reliable and comparable evaluation in programming knowledge tracing, potentially impacting how educational AI models are assessed.