CSEDM 2025

Table of Contents

• Preface PDF
  Bita Akram, Yang Shi, Peter Brusilovsky, Thomas Price, Ken Koedinger, Paulo Carvalho, Shan Zhang, Andrew Lan, Juho Leinonen
• Reinforcement Learning for Programming Feedback: Aligning Small Language Models Without Human Preferences PDF
  Charles Koutcheme, Nicola Dainese, Arto Hellas
• Investigating the Impact and Student Perceptions of Guided Parsons Problems for Learning Logic with Subgoals PDF
  Sutapa Dey Tithi, Xiaoyi Tian, Min Chi, Tiffany Barnes
• Grouping and Differentiating Programming Exercises Using Minimal Programming Constructs PDF
  Ka Weng Pan, Bryn Jeffries, Irena Koprinska
• Explainable AI in the Loop: An Instructor-Transformer Collaboration for Improving Explainability and Reliability of Feedback in Introductory Programming Classrooms PDF
  Muntasir Hoq, Bradford Mott, Seung Lee, Jessica Vandenberg, Narges Norouzi, James Lester, Bita Akram
• Example Explorers and Persistent Finishers: Exploring Student Practice Behaviors in a Python Practice System PDF
  Allison Poh, Anurata Prabha Hridi, Jordan Barria-Pineda, Peter Brusilovsky, Bita Akram
• Leveraging Large Language Models to Promote AI-Infused STEM Problem-Solving for Middle School Students PDF
  Ananya Rao, Krish Piryani, Shiyan Jiang, Tiffany Barnes, Jennifer Albert, Marnie Hill, Bita Akram
• Exploring the Link between Cognitive Abilities and Data Science Skills using Alternative Raven's Progressive Matrices PDF
  Farshid Farzan, Hasan Mashrique, Andrew M. Olney
• Can Motivated Students Do More Activities? PDF
  Arun-Balajiee Lekshmi-Narayanan, Michael W. Asher, Peter Brusilovsky, Paulo F. Carvalho
• Combining Log Data and Collaborative Dialogue Features to Predict Project Quality in Middle School AI Education PDF
  Conrad Borchers, Xiaoyi Tian, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Maya Israel
• A Specification For CS Education Dataset Documentation PDF
  Samiha Marwan, Austin C. Bart, Thomas W. Price
• AlgoAce: Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Assistance in Competitive Programming PDF
  Anav Agrawal, Jill-Jênn Vie