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Fri 22 Mar 2024 10:45 - 11:10 at Meeting Rooms D137-138 - Tools Chair(s): Christopher Moretti

Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are changing computing education and may create additional barriers to those already faced by non-native English speakers (NNES) learning computing. We investigate an opportunity for a positive impact of LLMs on NNES through multilingual programming exercise generation. Following previous work with LLM exercise generation in English, we prompt OpenAI GPT-3.5 in 4 natural languages (English, Tamil, Spanish, and Vietnamese) to create introductory programming problems, sample solutions, and test cases. We evaluate these problems on their sensibility, readability, translation, sample solution accuracy, topicality, and cultural relevance. We find that problems generated in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese are largely sensible, easily understood, and accurate in their sample solutions. However, Tamil problems are mostly non-sensible and have a much lower passing test rate, indicating that the abilities of LLMs for problem generation are not generalizable across languages. Our analysis suggests that these problems could not be given verbatim to students, but with minimal effort, most errors can be fixed. We further discuss the benefits of these problems despite their flaws, and their opportunities to provide personalized and culturally relevant resources for students in their native languages.

Fri 22 Mar

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10:45 - 12:00
ToolsPapers at Meeting Rooms D137-138
Chair(s): Christopher Moretti Princeton University, USA
10:45
25m
Talk
Need a Programming Exercise Generated in Your Native Language? ChatGPT’s Got Your Back: Automatic Generation of Non-English Programming Exercises Using OpenAI GPT-3.5
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Mollie Jordan North Carolina State University, Kevin Ly University of California, San Diego, Adalbert Gerald Soosai Raj University of California, San Diego
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11:10
25m
Talk
GitKit: Learning Free and Open Source Collaboration in ContextGlobal
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Grant Braught Dickinson College, Stoney Jackson Western New England University, Cam Macdonell MacEwan University, Lori Postner Nassau Community College, Wesley Shumar Drexel University, Karl Wurst Worcester State University
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11:35
25m
Talk
Idea Builder: Motivating Idea Generation and Planning through Storyboarding
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Wengran Wang North Carolina State University, Ally Limke North Carolina State University, Mahesh Bobbadi North Carolina State University, Amy Isvik North Carolina State University, Veronica Catete North Carolina State University, Tiffany Barnes North Carolina State University, Thomas Price North Carolina State University
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