Conference PaperUse of Large Language Models for Extracting Knowledge Components in CS1 Programming ExercisesNiousha, Rose; Hoq, Muntasir; Akram, Bita; Norouzi, Nargesprogramming concepts in programming assignments in a CS1 course. We seek to answer the following research questions: RQ1. How effectively can large language models identify knowledge components in a CS1 course from programming assignments? RQ2. Can large language models be used to extract program-level knowledge components, and how can the information be used to identify students’ misconceptions? Preliminary results demonstrated a high similarity between course-level knowledge components retrieved from a large language model and that of an expert-generated list.ACM2024-03-1410501958Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education bulletin1762 to 17639798400704246https://doi.org/10.1145/3626253.36355922236195; 2331965Portland OR USANational Science Foundation