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Porpoise: An LLM-Based Sandbox for Novices to Practice Writing Purpose Statements

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Software developers have long emphasized the need for clear textual descriptions of programs, through documentation and comments. Similarly, curricula often expect students to write purpose statements that articulate in prose what program components are expected to do. Unfortunately, it is difficult to motivate students to do this and to evaluate student work at scale.

DOI: 10.1145/3758317.3759683

Authors: Shriram Krishnamurthi, Thore Thießen, Jan Vahrenhold

Institutions: Brown University, University of Münster

Language: English

Topic: Teaching and Learning Programming

Subfield: Computer Science Applications

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Funder: National Science Foundation

Award: Pedagogical Tools for Formal Methods