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2020

Karvelas, Ioannis; Dillane, Joe; Becker, Brett A.

Compiler Error Messages: Their Content and Accessibility in Novice Programming Environments Proceedings Article

In: Zhang, Jian; Sherriff, Mark; Heckman, Sarah; Cutter, Pamela A.; Monge, Alvaro E. (Ed.): Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2020, Portland, OR, USA, March 11-14, 2020, pp. 1310, ACM, 2020.

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Mooney, Catherine; Becker, Brett A.

Sense of Belonging: The Intersectionality of Self-Identified Minority Status and Gender in Undergraduate Computer Science Students Proceedings Article

In: Maguire, Joseph; Cutts, Quintin I. (Ed.): Proceedings of the United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, UKICER 2020, Glasgow, United Kingdom, September 3-4, 2020, pp. 24–30, ACM, 2020.

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Karvelas, Ioannis; Dillane, Joe; Becker, Brett A.

Compile Much? A Closer Look at the Programming Behavior of Novices in Different Compilation and Error Message Presentation Contexts Proceedings Article

In: Maguire, Joseph; Cutts, Quintin I. (Ed.): Proceedings of the United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, UKICER 2020, Glasgow, United Kingdom, September 3-4, 2020, pp. 59–65, ACM, 2020.

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Anda, Felix; Becker, Brett A.; Lillis, David; Le-Khac, Nhien-An; Scanlon, Mark

Assessing the Influencing Factors on the Accuracy of Underage Facial Age Estimation Journal Article

In: CoRR, vol. abs/2012.01179, 2020.

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2019

Anda, Felix; Lillis, David; Kanta, Aikaterini; Becker, Brett A.; Bou-Harb, Elias; Le-Khac, Nhien-An; Scanlon, Mark

Improving the accuracy of automated facial age estimation to aid CSEM investigations Journal Article

In: Digit. Investig., vol. 28 Supplement, pp. S142, 2019.

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Prather, James; Pettit, Raymond; Becker, Brett A.; Denny, Paul; Loksa, Dastyni; Peters, Alani L.; Albrecht, Zachary; Masci, Krista

BEST PAPER AT SIGCSE 2019 IN THE CS EDUCATION TRACK: First things first: providing metacognitive scaffolding for interpreting problem prompts Journal Article

In: Inroads, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 42–49, 2019.

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Anda, Felix; Lillis, David; Kanta, Aikaterini; Becker, Brett A.; Bou-Harb, Elias; Le-Khac, Nhien-An; Scanlon, Mark

Improving Borderline Adulthood Facial Age Estimation through Ensemble Learning Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, ARES 2019, Canterbury, UK, August 26-29, 2019, pp. 57:1–57:8, ACM, 2019.

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Impagliazzo, John; Becker, Brett A.; Clear, Alison; Cuadros-Vargas, Ernesto; Du, Xiaoyong; Vichare, Abhijat

Perspectives on Global Bachelor Computing Education Proceedings Article

In: Zhang, Ming; Yang, Bo; Cooper, Steve; Luxton-Reilly, Andrew (Ed.): Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Global Computing Education, CompEd 2019, Chengdu,Sichuan, China, May 17-19, 2019, pp. 127–128, ACM, 2019.

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Sanders, Kate; Sheard, Judy; Becker, Brett A.; Eckerdal, Anna; Hamouda, Sally; Simon,

Inferential Statistics in Computing Education Research: A Methodological Review Proceedings Article

In: McCartney, Robert; Petersen, Andrew; Robins, Anthony V.; Moskal, Adon (Ed.): Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, ICER 2019, Toronto, ON, Canada, August 12-14, 2019, pp. 177–185, ACM, 2019.

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Denny, Paul; Becker, Brett A.; Craig, Michelle; Wilson, Greg; Banaszkiewicz, Piotr

Research This! Questions that Computing Educators Most Want Computing Education Researchers to Answer Proceedings Article

In: McCartney, Robert; Petersen, Andrew; Robins, Anthony V.; Moskal, Adon (Ed.): Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, ICER 2019, Toronto, ON, Canada, August 12-14, 2019, pp. 259–267, ACM, 2019.

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Simon,; Becker, Brett A.; Hamouda, Sally; McCartney, Robert; Sanders, Kate; Sheard, Judy

Visual Portrayals of Data and Results at ITiCSE Proceedings Article

In: Scharlau, Bruce; McDermott, Roger; Pears, Arnold; Sabin, Mihaela (Ed.): Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, July 15-17, 2019, pp. 51–57, ACM, 2019.

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Becker, Brett A.

A Survey of Introductory Programming Courses in Ireland Proceedings Article

In: Scharlau, Bruce; McDermott, Roger; Pears, Arnold; Sabin, Mihaela (Ed.): Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, July 15-17, 2019, pp. 58–64, ACM, 2019.

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Becker, Brett A.; Denny, Paul; Pettit, Raymond; Bouchard, Durell; Bouvier, Dennis J.; Harrington, Brian; Kamil, Amir; Karkare, Amey; McDonald, Chris; Osera, Peter-Michael; Pearce, Janice L.; Prather, James

Compiler Error Messages Considered Unhelpful: The Landscape of Text-Based Programming Error Message Research Proceedings Article

In: Scharlau, Bruce; McDermott, Roger; Pears, Arnold; Sabin, Mihaela (Ed.): Proceedings of the Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE-WGR 2019, Aberdeen, Scotland Uk, July 15-17, 2019, pp. 177–210, ACM, 2019.

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Becker, Brett A.; Denny, Paul; Pettit, Raymond; Bouchard, Durell; Bouvier, Dennis J.; Harrington, Brian; Kamil, Amir; Karkare, Amey; McDonald, Chris; Osera, Peter-Michael; Pearce, Janice L.; Prather, James

Unexpected Tokens: A Review of Programming Error Messages and Design Guidelines for the Future Proceedings Article

In: Scharlau, Bruce; McDermott, Roger; Pears, Arnold; Sabin, Mihaela (Ed.): Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, July 15-17, 2019, pp. 253–254, ACM, 2019.

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Szabo, Claudia; Sheard, Judy; Luxton-Reilly, Andrew; Simon,; Becker, Brett A.; Ott, Linda M.

Fifteen Years of Introductory Programming in Schools: A Global Overview of K-12 Initiatives Proceedings Article

In: Ihantola, Petri; Falkner, Nick (Ed.): Koli Calling '19: 19th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli, Finland, November 21-24, 2019, pp. 8:1–8:9, ACM, 2019.

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Denny, Paul; Prather, James; Becker, Brett A.; Albrecht, Zachary; Loksa, Dastyni; Pettit, Raymond

A Closer Look at Metacognitive Scaffolding: Solving Test Cases Before Programming Proceedings Article

In: Ihantola, Petri; Falkner, Nick (Ed.): Koli Calling '19: 19th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli, Finland, November 21-24, 2019, pp. 11:1–11:10, ACM, 2019.

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Nolan, Karen; Faherty, Roisin; Quille, Keith; Becker, Brett A.; Bergin, Susan

CSinc: An Inclusive K-12 Outreach Model Proceedings Article

In: Ihantola, Petri; Falkner, Nick (Ed.): Koli Calling '19: 19th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli, Finland, November 21-24, 2019, pp. 34:1–34:2, ACM, 2019.

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Becker, Brett A.

Parlez-vous Java? Bonjour La Monde != Hello World: Barriers to Programming Language Acquisition for Non-Native English Speakers Proceedings Article

In: Marasoiu, Mariana; Church, Luke; Marshall, Lindsay (Ed.): Proceedings of the 30th Annual Workshop of the Psychology of Programming Interest Group, PPIG 2019, Newcastle University, UK, August 28 - 30, 2019, Psychology of Programming Interest Group, 2019.

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Becker, Brett A.; Quille, Keith

50 Years of CS1 at SIGCSE: A Review of the Evolution of Introductory Programming Education Research Proceedings Article

In: Hawthorne, Elizabeth K.; Pérez-Quiñones, Manuel A.; Heckman, Sarah; Zhang, Jian (Ed.): Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2019, Minneapolis, MN, USA, February 27 - March 02, 2019, pp. 338–344, ACM, 2019.

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Prather, James; Pettit, Raymond; Becker, Brett A.; Denny, Paul; Loksa, Dastyni; Peters, Alani L.; Albrecht, Zachary; Masci, Krista

First Things First: Providing Metacognitive Scaffolding for Interpreting Problem Prompts Proceedings Article

In: Hawthorne, Elizabeth K.; Pérez-Quiñones, Manuel A.; Heckman, Sarah; Zhang, Jian (Ed.): Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2019, Minneapolis, MN, USA, February 27 - March 02, 2019, pp. 531–537, ACM, 2019.

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Becker, Brett A.; Fitzpatrick, Thomas

What Do CS1 Syllabi Reveal About Our Expectations of Introductory Programming Students? Proceedings Article

In: Hawthorne, Elizabeth K.; Pérez-Quiñones, Manuel A.; Heckman, Sarah; Zhang, Jian (Ed.): Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2019, Minneapolis, MN, USA, February 27 - March 02, 2019, pp. 1011–1017, ACM, 2019.

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Carter, Janet; Becker, Brett A.; Brown, Neil C. C. (Ed.)

Proceedings of the 1st UK & Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, UKICER 2019, Canterbury, UK, September 5-6, 2019 Proceedings

ACM, 2019, ISBN: 978-1-4503-7257-2.

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Anda, Felix; Lillis, David; Kanta, Aikaterini; Becker, Brett A.; Bou-Harb, Elias; Le-Khac, Nhien-An; Scanlon, Mark

Improving Borderline Adulthood Facial Age Estimation through Ensemble Learning Journal Article

In: CoRR, vol. abs/1907.01427, 2019.

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2018

Mooney, Catherine; Becker, Brett A.; Salmon, Lana; Mangina, Eleni E.

Computer Science Identity and Sense of Belonging: A Case Study in Ireland Proceedings Article

In: Ábrahám, Erika; Nitto, Elisabetta Di; Mirandola, Raffaela (Ed.): 2018 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering, GE@ICSE, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 28, 2018, pp. 1–4, ACM, 2018.

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Luxton-Reilly, Andrew; Simon,; Albluwi, Ibrahim; Becker, Brett A.; Giannakos, Michail N.; Kumar, Amruth N.; Ott, Linda M.; Paterson, James; Scott, Michael James; Sheard, Judy; Szabo, Claudia

Introductory programming: a systematic literature review Proceedings Article

In: Rößling, Guido; Scharlau, Bruce (Ed.): Proceedings Companion of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2018, Larnaca, Cyprus, July 02-04, 2018, pp. 55–106, ACM, 2018.

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Luxton-Reilly, Andrew; Simon,; Albluwi, Ibrahim; Becker, Brett A.; Giannakos, Michail N.; Kumar, Amruth N.; Ott, Linda M.; Paterson, James; Scott, Michael James; Sheard, Judy; Szabo, Claudia

A review of introductory programming research 2003-2017 Proceedings Article

In: Polycarpou, Irene; Read, Janet C.; Andreou, Panayiotis; Armoni, Michal (Ed.): Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2018, Larnaca, Cyprus, July 02-04, 2018, pp. 342–343, ACM, 2018.

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Sanders, Kate; Hamouda, Sally; Becker, Brett A.; Eckerdal, Anna; McCartney, Robert; Sheard, Judy; Simon,

How statistics are used in computing education research Proceedings Article

In: Polycarpou, Irene; Read, Janet C.; Andreou, Panayiotis; Armoni, Michal (Ed.): Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2018, Larnaca, Cyprus, July 02-04, 2018, pp. 381, ACM, 2018.

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Quille, Keith; Faherty, Roisin; Bergin, Susan; Becker, Brett A.

Second Level Computer Science: The Irish K-12 Journey Begins Proceedings Article

In: Joy, Mike; Ihantola, Petri (Ed.): Proceedings of the 18th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli, Finland, November 22-25, 2018, pp. 22:1–22:5, ACM, 2018.

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Becker, Brett A.; Murray, Cormac; Tao, Tianyi; Song, Changheng; McCartney, Robert; Sanders, Kate

Fix the First, Ignore the Rest: Dealing with Multiple Compiler Error Messages Proceedings Article

In: Barnes, Tiffany; Garcia, Daniel D.; Hawthorne, Elizabeth K.; Pérez-Quiñones, Manuel A. (Ed.): Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2018, Baltimore, MD, USA, February 21-24, 2018, pp. 634–639, ACM, 2018.

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Becker, Brett A.; Goslin, Kyle; Glanville, Graham

The Effects of Enhanced Compiler Error Messages on a Syntax Error Debugging Test Proceedings Article

In: Barnes, Tiffany; Garcia, Daniel D.; Hawthorne, Elizabeth K.; Pérez-Quiñones, Manuel A. (Ed.): Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2018, Baltimore, MD, USA, February 21-24, 2018, pp. 640–645, ACM, 2018.

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Zingaro, Daniel; Craig, Michelle; Porter, Leo; Becker, Brett A.; Cao, Yingjun; Conrad, Phillip T.; Cukierman, Diana; Hellas, Arto; Loksa, Dastyni; Thota, Neena

Achievement Goals in CS1: Replication and Extension Proceedings Article

In: Barnes, Tiffany; Garcia, Daniel D.; Hawthorne, Elizabeth K.; Pérez-Quiñones, Manuel A. (Ed.): Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2018, Baltimore, MD, USA, February 21-24, 2018, pp. 687–692, ACM, 2018.

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2017

Luxton-Reilly, Andrew; Becker, Brett A.; Cao, Yingjun; McDermott, Roger; Mirolo, Claudio; Mühling, Andreas; Petersen, Andrew; Sanders, Kate; Simon,; Whalley, Jacqueline L.

Developing Assessments to Determine Mastery of Programming Fundamentals Proceedings Article

In: Sheard, Judithe; Korhonen, Ari (Ed.): Proceedings of the 2017 ITiCSE Working Group Reports, ITiCSE-WGR 2017, Bologna, Italy, July 3-5, 2017, pp. 47–69, ACM, 2017.

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Luxton-Reilly, Andrew; Becker, Brett A.; Cao, Yingjun; McDermott, Roger; Mirolo, Claudio; Mühling, Andreas; Petersen, Andrew; Sanders, Kate; Simon,; Whalley, Jacqueline L.

Developing Assessments to Determine Mastery of Programming Fundamentals Proceedings Article

In: Davoli, Renzo; Goldweber, Michael; Rößling, Guido; Polycarpou, Irene (Ed.): Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2017, Bologna, Italy, July 3-5, 2017, pp. 388, ACM, 2017.

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2016

Mooney, Catherine; Becker, Brett A.; Raoof, Rana; Henshall, David C.

EpimiRBase: a comprehensive database of microRNA-epilepsy associations Journal Article

In: Bioinform., vol. 32, no. 9, pp. 1436–1438, 2016.

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Becker, Brett A.; Glanville, Graham; Iwashima, Ricardo; McDonnell, Claire; Goslin, Kyle; Mooney, Catherine

Effective compiler error message enhancement for novice programming students Journal Article

In: Comput. Sci. Educ., vol. 26, no. 2-3, pp. 148–175, 2016.

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Bouvier, Dennis J.; Lovellette, Ellie; Matta, John; Alshaigy, Bedour; Becker, Brett A.; Craig, Michelle; Jacková, Jana; McCartney, Robert; Sanders, Kate; Zarb, Mark

Novice Programmers and the Problem Description Effect Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 2016 ITiCSE Working Group Reports, ITiCSE-WGR 2016, Arequipa, Peru, July 9-13, 2016, pp. 103–118, ACM, 2016.

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Becker, Brett A.

A New Metric to Quantify Repeated Compiler Errors for Novice Programmers Proceedings Article

In: Clear, Alison; Cuadros-Vargas, Ernesto; Carter, Janet; Túpac, Yván (Ed.): Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2016, Arequipa, Peru, July 9-13, 2016, pp. 296–301, ACM, 2016.

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Becker, Brett A.

An Effective Approach to Enhancing Compiler Error Messages Proceedings Article

In: Alphonce, Carl; Tims, Jodi L.; Caspersen, Michael E.; Edwards, Stephen H. (Ed.): Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, SIGCSE 2016, Memphis, TN, USA, March 02 - 05, 2016, pp. 126–131, ACM, 2016.

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