Simulating Student Programmers

A cognitive model of student programmers is presented. The model is based on protocol studies of students writing Pascal programs, and is implemented in a computer simulation program. The claim of this paper is that a computational cognitive model of student program generation fits within a generate-test-and-debug (GTD) problem solving architecture in which impasse/repair knowledge plays a key role. The claim is supported by showing how the model provides a useful descriptive account of the way students write alternative programs.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1989
• Where: IJCAI
• Authors: James C. Spohrer, Elliot Soloway
• Keywords: Cognitive Model, Computational Cognitive Model, IJCAI 1989, IJCAI 2007, Student Program Generation