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Q&A: Exploring generative AI's impact on student thinking during programming and debugging

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Briefings

A doctoral dissertation by Yazid Albadarin is scheduled for examination at the Joensuu campus, focusing on generative AI's influence on higher-order thinking, creativity, and cognitive dynamics specifically during the debugging phase of programming tasks.

Key points

• The dissertation titled "Capturing the impact of generative AI on higher-order thinking, creativity, and cognitive dynamics during debugging" will be examined at the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, Joensuu campus.
• The study investigates how generative AI tools affect student cognitive processes when they are actively debugging code.

Context

This research examines generative AI's role in higher-order thinking and cognitive dynamics during the debugging phase of programming tasks.

Limitations

Evidence is limited to the dissertation examination schedule at Joensuu campus; no data on student performance, AI usage rates, or specific cognitive metrics is provided.

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