Journal Articles

  1. Practice Report: Six Studies of Spatial Skills Training in Introductory Computer Science
    Jack Parkinson, Ryan Bockmon, Quintin Cutts, Michael Liut, Andrew Petersen, Sheryl Sorby
    ACM Inroads, volume 12, issue 4 (December 2021): 18-29
  2. Learning Outcomes Assessment Matrix (LOAM): a Software-Supported Process for Identifying and Scaffolding Complex Learning Outcomes
    Joanna Szurmak, Andrew Petersen
    Ubiquitous Learning volume 3 issue 2, April 2010: 111-118
  3. The WaveScalar architecture
    Steven Swanson, Andrew Schwerin, Martha Mercaldi, Andrew Petersen, Andrew Putnam, Ken Michelson, Mark Oskin, Susan J. Eggers
    ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS), 2007

Papers in Conference Proceedings

  1. "Student Interaction with Instructor Emails in Introductory and Upper-Year Computing Courses
    Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Runlong Ye, Naaz Sibia, Rohita Nalluri, Joseph Jay Williams, Andrew Petersen, Eric Smith, Bogdan Simion, Michael Liut
    Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1, 2024.
  2. Examining Intention to Major in Computer Science: Perceived Potential and Challenges
    Naaz Sibia, Giang Bui, Bingcheng Wang, Yinyue Tan, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Christina Bauer, Joseph Jay Williams, Michael Liut, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1, 2024.
  3. The Robots Are Here: Navigating the Generative AI Revolution in Computing Education
    James Prather, Paul Denny, Juho Leinonen, Brett A. Becker, Ibrahim Albluwi, Michelle Craig, Hieke Keuning, Natalie Kiesler, Tobias Kohn, Andrew Luxton-Reilly, Stephen MacNeil, Andrew Petersen, Raymond Pettit, Brent N. Reeves, Jaromir Savelka
    ITiCSE-WGR '23: Proceedings of the 2023 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2023.
  4. Do Students Read Instructor Emails? A Case Study of Intervention Email Open Rates
    Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Runlong Ye, Elexandra Tran, Naaz Sibia, Abhijoy Mandal, Hammad Shaikh, Bogdan Simion, Michael Liut, Andrew Petersen, and Joseph Jay Williams
    Proceedings of the 23rd Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 2023
  5. Exploring Barriers in Productive Failure
    Phil Steinhorst, Andrew Petersen, Bogdan Simion, Jan Vahrenhold
    Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research V.1, 2023.
  6. "I Am Not Enough": Impostor Phenomenon Experiences of University Students
    Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Anna Ly, Brian Harrington, Michael Liut, Sadia Sharmin, Lisa Zhang, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1 (ITiCSE 2023), 2023.
  7. Student Usage of Q&A Forums: Signs of Discomfort?
    Naaz Sibia, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Joseph Jay Williams, Michael Liut, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1 (ITiCSE 2023), 2023.
  8. Decomposed Prompting to Answer Questions on a Course Discussion Board
    Brandon Jaipersaud, Paul Zhang, Jimmy Ba, Andrew Petersen, Lisa Zhang, Michael R. Zhang
    AIED 2023: Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2023
  9. Prior Programming Experience: A Persistent Performance Gap in CS1 and CS2
    Giang Bui, Naaz Sibia, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Michael Liut, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1, 2023
  10. Embedding and Scaling Writing Instruction Across First- and Second-Year Computer Science Courses
    Lisa Zhang, Bogdan Simion, Michael Kaler, Amna Liaqat, Daniel Dick, Andi Bergen, Michael Miljanovic, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1, 2023
    Best Paper - Experience Reports and Tools Track
  11. Towards Giving Timely Formative Feedback and Hints to Novice Programmers
    Johan Jeuring, Hieke Keuning, Samiha Marwan, Dennis Bouvier, Cruz Izu, Natalie Kiesler, Teemu Lehtinen, Dominic Lohr, Andrew Peterson, Sami Sarsa
    Proceedings of the 2022 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE-WGR '22), 2022
  12. How can Email Interventions Increase Students’ Completion of Online Homework? A Case Study Using A/B Comparisons
    Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Ziwen Han, Hammad Shaikh, Qi Yin Zheng, Lisa-Angelique Lim, Anna Rafferty, Andrew Petersen, Joseph Jay Williams
    12th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK22), 2022
  13. Additional Evidence for the Prevalence of the Impostor Phenomenon in Computing
    Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Anna Ly, Brian Harrington, Michael Liut, Andrew Petersen, Sadia Sharmin, Lisa Zhang
    Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2022
  14. Spatial Skills and Demographic Factors in CS1
    Anna Ly, Jack Parkinson, Quintin Cutts, Michael Liut, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 2021
  15. Revisiting Syntax Exercises in CS1
    Anna Ly, John Edwards, Michael Liut, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 22st Annual Conference on Information Technology Education, 2021
  16. Exploring Additional Personalized Support While Attempting Exercise Problems in Online Learning Platforms
    Yuya Asano, Madhurima Dutta, Trisha Thakur, Jaemarie Solyst, Stephanie Cristea, Helena Jovic, Andrew Petersen, Joseph Jay Williams
    Proceedings of the Eighth ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, 2021
  17. Using Adaptive Experiments to Rapidly Help Students
    Angela Zavaleta-Bernuy, Qi Yin Zheng, Hammad Shaikh, Jacob Nogas, Anna Rafferty, Andrew Petersen, Joseph Jay Williams
    Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2021
  18. Investigating the Impact of Online Homework Reminders Using Randomized A/B Comparisons
    Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Qi Yin Zheng, Hammad Shaikh, Andrew Petersen, Joseph Jay Williams
    Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2021
  19. A Multi-Course Report on the Experience of Unplanned Online Exams
    Larry Yueli Zhang, Andrew Petersen, Michael Liut, Bogdan Simion, Furkan Alaca
    Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2021
  20. Procrastination and Gaming in an Online Homework System of an Inverted CS1
    Jaemarie Solyst, Trisha Thakur, Madhurima Dutta, Yuya Asano, Andrew Petersen, Joseph Jay Williams Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2021
  21. Mathematics, Computer Science and Career Inclinations — A Multi-Institutional Exploration
    Jacqueline Whalley, Andrew Petersen, Paul Denny
    Proceedings of the 20th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 2020.
  22. Revisiting Self-Efficacy in Introductory Programming
    Phil Steinhorst, Andrew Petersen, Jan Vahrenhold
    Proceedings of the 16th International Computing Education Research Conference, 2020.
  23. Using Discussion Board Data to Hire Teaching Assistants
    Arnaud Deza, Haocheng Hu, Vaishvik Maisuria, Michael Liut, Andrew Petersen, Bogdan Simion
    Proceedings of the 6th SPLICE Workshop at L@S, 2020.
  24. Improving Short and Long-term Learning in an Online Homework System
    Ben Prystawski, Jacob Nogas, Andrew Petersen, Joseph Jay Williams
    Educational Data Mining in Computer Science Education (CSEDM) Workshop @ EDM, 2020.
  25. Notional Machines in Computing Education: The Education of Attention
    Sally Fincher, Johan Jeuring, Craig S. Miller, Peter Donaldson, Benedict du Boulay, Matthias Hauswirth, Arto Hellas, Felienne Hermans, Colleen Lewis, Andreas Mühling, Janice L. Pearce, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2020.
  26. ProgSnap2: A Flexible Format for Programming Process Data
    Thomas Price, David Hovemeyer, Kelly Rivers, Austin Bart, Ge Gao, Ayaan M. Kazerouni, Brett Becker, Andrew Petersen, Luke Gusukuma, Stephen H. Edwards, David Babcock
    Proceedings of the 25th Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2020.
  27. Review and Use of Learning Theories within Computer Science Education Research: Primer for Researchers and Practitioners
    Claudia Szabo, Nickolas Falkner, Andrew Petersen, Heather Bort, Kathryn Cunningham, Peter Donaldson, Arto Hellas, James Robinson, Judy Sheard
    Proceedings of the Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2019.
  28. Answering the Correct Question
    Jennifer Campbell, Michelle Craig, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 1st ACM Global Computing Education Conference, 2019.
  29. ProgSnap 2: A Flexible Format for Programming Snapshot Data
    Thomas Price, David Hovemeyer, Kelly Rivers, Austin Cory Bart, Andrew Petersen, Brett Becker, Jason Lefever
    Proceedings of the 2nd Educational Data Mining in Computer Science Education Workshop, 2019.
  30. A Survey-based Exploration of Computer Science Student Perspectives on Mathematics
    Nikki Sigurdson, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2019.
  31. Self-paced Mastery Learning CS1
    Jennifer Campbell, Jacqueline Smith, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2019.
  32. Static Analyses in Python Programming Courses
    David Liu, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2019.
  33. Code Complexity in Introductory Programming Courses
    Petri Ihantola, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2019.
  34. Predicting Academic Performance: A Systematic Literature Review
    Arto Hellas, Petri Ihantola, Andrew Petersen, Vangel V. Ajanovski, Mirela Gutica, Timo Hynninen, Antti Knutas, Juho Leinonen, Chris Messom, Soohyun Nam Liao
    Proceedings Companion of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2018.
  35. An Exploration of Grit in a CS1 Context
    Nikki Sigurdson, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 18th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 2018.
  36. PCEX: Interactive Program Construction Examples for Learning Programming
    Roya Hosseini, Kamil Akhusyinoglu, Andrew Petersen, Christian D. Schunn, Peter Brusilovsky
    Proceedings of the 18th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 2018.
  37. A Multi-institution Exploration of Peer Instruction in Practice
    Cynthia Taylor, David Bunde, Jaime Spacco, Leo Porter, Andrew Petersen, Soohyun Nam Liao
    Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2018
  38. Improving Complex Task Performance Using a Sequence of Simple Practice Tasks
    Paul Denny, Andrew Luxton-Reilly, Michelle Craig, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2018
    Finalist (Top 3) for Best Paper
  39. Empirical Support for a Causal Relationship Between Gamification and Learning Outcomes
    Paul Denny, Fiona McDonald, Ruth Empson, Philip Kelly, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018.
    Honourable Mention (Top 5%)
  40. Informing Students about Academic Integrity in Programming
    Simon, Judy Sheard, Michael Morgan, Andrew Petersen, Amber Settle, Jane Sinclair
    Proceedings of the Twentieth Australasian Computing Education Conference, 2018.
  41. Familiar Contexts and the Difficulty of Programming Problems
    Michelle Craig, Jacqueline Smith, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 17th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 2017
  42. Student Perspectives on Mathematics in Computer Science
    Nikki Sigurdson, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 17th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 2017
  43. Developing Assessments to Determine Mastery of Programming Fundamentals
    Andrew Luxton-Reilly, Brett Becker, Yingjun Cao, Roger McDermott, Claudio Mirolo, Andreas Mühling, Andrew Petersen, Kate Sanders, Simon, Jacqueline Whalley
    Proceedings of the 2017 ITiCSE Conference on Working Group Reports, 2017
  44. Examining a Student-Generated Question Activity Using Random Topic Assignment
    Paul Denny, Ewan Tempero, Dawn Garbett, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2017
  45. Evaluating Neural Networks as a Method for Identifying Students in Need of Assistance
    Karo Castro-Wunsch, Alireza Ahadi, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2017
    SIGCSE Exemplary Paper (Top 25%)
  46. The Compound Nature of Novice Programming Assessments
    Andrew Luxton-Reilly, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the Nineteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference, 2017
    2017 ACE Best Paper
  47. Revisiting why students drop CS1
    Andrew Petersen, Michelle Craig, Jennifer Campbell, Anya Tafliovich
    Proceedings of the 16th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 2016
  48. Replication in computing education research: researcher attitudes and experiences
    Alireza Ahadi, Arto Hellas, Petri Ihantola, Ari Korhonen, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 16th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 2016
  49. Control-Flow-Only Abstract Syntax Trees for Analyzing Students' Programming Progress
    David Hovemeyer, Arto Hellas, Andrew Petersen, Jaime Spacco
    Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, 2016
  50. Negotiating the Maze of Academic Integrity in Computing Education
    Simon, Judy Sheard, Michael Morgan, Andrew Petersen, Amber Settle, Jane Sinclair, Gerry Cross, Charles Riedesel
    Proceedings of the 2016 ITiCSE Working Group Reports, 2016
  51. Evaluating Student Teams: Do Educators Know What Students Think?
    Anya Tafliovich, Andrew Petersen, Jennifer Campbell
    Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2016
  52. Student difficulties with pointer concepts in C
    Michelle Craig, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference, 2016
  53. An exploration of error quotient in multiple contexts
    Andrew Petersen, Jaime Spacco, Arto Vihavainen
    Proceedings of the 15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research, 2015
  54. Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics in Programming: Literature Review and Case Studies
    Petri Ihantola, Arto Vihavainen, Alireza Ahadi, Matthew Butler, Jürgen Börstler, Stephen H. Edwards, Essi Isohanni, Ari Korhonen, Andrew Petersen, Kelly Rivers, Miguel Ángel Rubio, Judy Sheard, Bronius Skupas, Jaime Spacco, Claudia Szabo, Daniel Toll
    Proceedings of the 2015 ITiCSE on Working Group Reports, 2015
  55. On the Evaluation of Student Team Software Development Projects
    Anya Tafliovich, Andrew Petersen, Jennifer Campbell
    Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2015
  56. Identifying challenging CS1 concepts in a large problem dataset
    Yuliya Cherenkova, Daniel Zingaro, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 45th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2014
  57. A student perspective on prior experience in CS1
    Anya Tafliovich, Jennifer Campbell, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2013
  58. Facilitating code-writing in PI classes
    Daniel Zingaro, Yuliya Cherenkova, Olessia Karpova, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2013
  59. Stepping up to integrative questions on CS1 exams
    Daniel Zingaro, Andrew Petersen, Michelle Craig
    Proceedings of the 43rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2012
  60. Following a thread: knitting patterns and program tracing
    Michelle Craig, Sarah Petersen, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 43rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2012
  61. Implementing Social Learning Strategies: Team Testing
    Rebecca Bates, Andrew Petersen
    American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference Proceedings, June 2011
    2011 ASEE National Best Zone Paper
  62. Reviewing CS1 exam question content
    Andrew Petersen, Michelle Craig, Daniel Zingaro
    Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2011
  63. Instruction scheduling for a tiled dataflow architecture
    Martha Mercaldi, Steven Swanson, Andrew Petersen, Andrew Putnam, Andrew Schwerin, Mark Oskin, Susan J. Eggers
    Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, 2006
  64. Reducing control overhead in dataflow architectures
    Andrew Petersen, Andrew Putnam, Martha Mercaldi, Andrew Schwerin, Susan Eggers, Steve Swanson, Mark Oskin
    Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques, 2006
  65. Modeling instruction placement on a spatial architecture
    Martha Mercaldi, Steven Swanson, Andrew Petersen, Andrew Putnam, Andrew Schwerin, Mark Oskin, Susan J. Eggers
    Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures, 2006
  66. Area-Performance Trade-offs in Tiled Dataflow Architectures
    Steven Swanson, Andrew Putnam, Martha Mercaldi, Ken Michelson, Andrew Petersen, Andrew Schwerin, Mark Oskin, Susan J. Eggers
    Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture, 2006

Teaching Tips and Posters (Extended Abstracts)

  1. Classifying Course Discussion Board Questions using LLMs
    Paul Zhang, Brandon Jaipersaud, Jimmy Ba, Andrew Petersen, Lisa Zhang, Michael R. Zhang
    Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2 (ITiCSE 2023), 2023.
  2. Self-Explanation Modality: Effects on Student Performance?
    Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Jessica Jia-Ni Xu, Naaz Sibia, Joseph Jay Williams, Andrew Petersen, Michael Liut
    Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2 (ITiCSE 2023), 2023.
  3. VoiceEx: Voice Submission System for Interventions in Education
    Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Naaz Sibia, Pan Chen, Chloe Huang, Andrew Petersen, Joseph Jay Williams, Michael Liut
    Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2 (ITiCSE 2023), 2023.
  4. Investigating Subject Lines Length on Students' Email Open Rates
    Elexandra Tran, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Bogdan Simion, Michael Liut, Andrew Petersen, Joseph Williams
    Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, 2023
  5. Differences in Intention to Major in Computing Across CS1
    Giang Bui, Bingcheng Wang, Naaz Sibia, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, 2023
  6. Exploring How Students Use an Online Learning Environment
    J. Alexandra Thompson, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2021
    Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR) Award
  7. Profiling the Experience of Second Year Computing Students
    Dashvin Singh, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2020
  8. The Effect of Civic Knowledge and Attitudes on CS Student Work Preferences
    Antti Knutas, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 19th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research, 2019
  9. Code Reviews in Large, First Year Courses
    Andrew Petersen, Daniel Zingaro
    Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2018
  10. Employing Multiple-Answer Multiple Choice Questions
    Andrew Petersen, Michelle Craig, Paul Denny
    Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2016
  11. Modern goto: novice programmer usage of non-standard control flow
    Stewart D. Smith, Nicholas Zemljic, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research, 2015
  12. RAPT: Relational Algebra Parsing Tools
    Olessia Karpova, Noel D'Souza, Diane Horton, Andrew Petersen
    Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2015
  13. PCRS-C: Helping Students Learn C
    Daniel Marchena Parreira, Andrew Petersen, Michelle Craig
    Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2015