Automatic detection of frustration of novice programmers from contextual and keystroke logs

• Main Author: FWA, Hua Leong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: keystrokes; frustration; novice; learning; programming; Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing; Programming Languages and Compilers
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/6909
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Novice programmers exhibit a repertoire of affective states over time when they are learning computer programming. The modeling of frustration is important as it informs on the need for pedagogical intervention of the student who may otherwise lose confidence and interest in the learning. In this pa...