Alexandra Vassar

According to our database, Alexandra Vassar authored at least 18 papers between 2014 and 2026.

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2026

AI Literacy, Safety Awareness, and STEM Career Aspirations of Australian Secondary Students: Evaluating the Impact of Workshop Interventions.

Christian Bergh, Alexandra Vassar, Natasha Banks, Jessica Xu, Jake Renzella

CoRR, January, 2026

Microcontent in Action: How CS1 Students Use Lecture Snippets to Engage with Fundamental Programming Concepts.

Owen Tang, Jake Renzella, Alexandra Vassar

Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.2, 2026

Fine-Tuning Open-Source Models as a Viable Alternative to Proprietary LLMs for Explaining Compiler Messages.

Lorenzo Lee Solano, Charles Koutcheme, Juho Leinonen, Alexandra Vassar, Jake Renzella

Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.1, 2026

CS Teaching Assistant Perceptions on LLM-Generated Faded Worked Examples for Feedback Training.

Justin T. Gonzaga, Alexandra Vassar, Yuchao Jiang

Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.1, 2026

2025

Narrowing the Gap: Supervised Fine-Tuning of Open-Source LLMs as a Viable Alternative to Proprietary Models for Pedagogical Tools.

Lorenzo Lee Solano, Charles Koutcheme, Juho Leinonen, Alexandra Vassar, Jake Renzella

CoRR, July, 2025

Supervised Fine-Tuning LLMs to Behave as Pedagogical Agents in Programming Education.

Emily Ross, Yuval Kansal, Jake Renzella, Alexandra Vassar, Andrew Taylor

CoRR, February, 2025

Compiler-Integrated, Conversational AI for Debugging CS1 Programs.

Jake Renzella, Alexandra Vassar, Lorenzo Lee Solano, Andrew Taylor

Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1, 2025

Building Global AI Literacy: Preparing Teachers for the Future of AI-Driven Classrooms.

Jake Renzella, Natasha Banks, Alexandra Vassar

Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, 2025

Empowering CS1 Educators: Enhancing Automated Feedback Instruction with Cognitive Load Theory.

Justin T. Gonzaga, Yuchao Jiang, Alexandra Vassar

Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, 2025

2024

Towards Pedagogical LLMs with Supervised Fine Tuning for Computing Education.

Alexandra Vassar, Jake Renzella, Emily Ross, Andrew Taylor

CoRR, 2024

Scaling CS1 Support with Compiler-Integrated Conversational AI.

Jake Renzella, Alexandra Vassar, Lorenzo Lee Solano, Andrew Taylor

CoRR, 2024

dcc -help: Transforming the Role of the Compiler by Generating Context-Aware Error Explanations with Large Language Models.

Andrew Taylor, Alexandra Vassar, Jake Renzella, Hammond Pearce

Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2024

DCC Sidekick: Helping Novices Solve Programming Errors Through a Conversational Explanation Interface.

Lorenzo Lee Solano, Jake Renzella, Alexandra Vassar

Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2024

Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Better Programming Error Explanations.

Alexandra Vassar, Jake Renzella, Emily Ross, Andrew Taylor

Proceedings of the 24th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 2024

Exploring the Cognitive Load Effects of Diverse Virtual Reality Interaction Methods in Interactive Educational Platforms.

Ali Darejeh, Manpreet Mondal, Nadine Marcus, Alexandra Vassar

Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, 2024

2023

Integrating Large Language Models into the Debugging C Compiler for generating contextual error explanations.

Andrew Taylor, Alexandra Vassar, Jake Renzella, Hammond Pearce

CoRR, 2023

Foundations First: Improving C's Viability in Introductory Programming Courses with the Debugging C Compiler.

Andrew Taylor, Jake Renzella, Alexandra Vassar

Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Volume 1, 2023

2014

The Virtual Design Workshop - An Online Adaptive Resource for Teaching Design in Engineering.

Alexandra Vassar, B. Gangadhara Prusty, Nadine Marcus, Robin Ford

Proceedings of the CSEDU 2014, 2014