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A Comparison of On-Demand Hints and Progress Bar...

A Comparison of On-Demand Hints and Progress Bar Feedback on Programming Exercises

Abstract

This pilot study investigated students' perceptions of visual progress bar and on-demand hints in a CS1 course. Students valued both feedback systems, with more confident students preferring on-demand hints for direct problem-solving support. Progress bars were consistently perceived as beneficial across varying confidence levels.

Authors

Asad I; Sibia N; Bernuy AZ; Liut M; Price T; Petersen A

Pagination

pp. 760-760

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Publication Date

June 13, 2025

DOI

10.1145/3724389.3730787

Name of conference

Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2

Associated Experts

Michael Liut

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computing and Software

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Fields of Research (FoR)

46 Information and Computing Sciences 39 Education 4608 Human-Centred Computing

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