Keith Tran

College of Engineering

Works (4)

Updated: September 9th, 2025 05:04

2024 article

Are Engineering Students Motivated by Interacting With Simulations They Program? A Controlled Study

Bacher, J., Price, T., Skripchuk, J., Wang, W., Shi, Y., & Tran, K. (2024, December 2). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2024 ACM VIRTUAL GLOBAL COMPUTING EDUCATION CONFERENCE V.1, SIGCSE VIRTUAL 2024, pp. 19–25.

By: J. Bacher n, T. Price n , J. Skripchuk n, W. Wang n, Y. Shi * & K. Tran n

author keywords: assignment design; motivation; novice programmers; interactive artifact
topics (OpenAlex): Educational Games and Gamification; Teaching and Learning Programming; Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 2, 2024

2024 article

Conceptual Metaphor Theory in Action: Insights into Student Understanding of Computing Concepts

Harper, C., Tran, K., & Cooper, S. (2024, March 7).

By: C. Harper *, K. Tran n & S. Cooper *

author keywords: Conceptual Metaphor Theory; Student-Generated Analogy; Qualitative Analysis; Variable Scope
topics (OpenAlex): Teaching and Learning Programming; Education and Critical Thinking Development; Digital Storytelling and Education
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Source: Web Of Science
Added: April 15, 2024

2024 article

Overcoming Barriers in Scaling Computing Education Research Programming Tools: A Developer's Perspective

Tran, K., Bacher, J., Shi, Y., Skripchuk, J., & Price, T. (2024, August 6). 20TH ANNUAL ACM CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH, ICER 2024, VOL 1, pp. 312–325.

By: K. Tran n, J. Bacher n, Y. Shi *, J. Skripchuk n & T. Price n 

author keywords: scaling research tools; computing education tools; tool developer
topics (OpenAlex): Teaching and Learning Programming; Online Learning and Analytics; Educational Games and Gamification
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4. Quality Education (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 8, 2024

2023 article

Investigating the Impact of On-Demand Code Examples on Novices' Open-Ended Programming Experience

Wang, W., Bacher, J., Isvik, A., Limke, A., Sthapit, S., Shi, Y., … Price, T. (2023, August 7). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 ACM CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH V.1, ICER 2023 V1, pp. 464–475.

By: W. Wang *, J. Bacher n, A. Isvik n, A. Limke n, S. Sthapit n, Y. Shi n , B. Tabarsi  n, K. Tran n ...

author keywords: open-ended programming; code examples; block-based programming; novice programming
topics (OpenAlex): Teaching and Learning Programming; Educational Games and Gamification; Online Learning and Analytics
TL;DR: It was found that students who had access to all 37 code examples used a significantly larger variety of code APIs, perceived the programming as relatively more creative, but also experienced a higher task load. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 11, 2023

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