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Does ChatGPT Help With Introductory Programming?An Experiment of Students Using ChatGPT in CS1
- Award ID(s):
- 2211429
- PAR ID:
- 10583650
- Publisher / Repository:
- ACM
- Date Published:
- ISBN:
- 9798400704987
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 331 to 341
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Location:
- Lisbon Portugal
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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Accepted Manuscript1.0
- Conference Paper:
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3639474.3640076
