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Publication Date: 2025
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Rethinking Computer Science Education in the Age of GenAI
ACM Transactions on Computing Education, v25 n3 Article 26 2025
In this opinion piece, we explore the idea that GenAI has the potential to fundamentally disrupt computer science education (CSE) by drawing insights from 10 pedagogical and cognitive theories and models. We highlight how GenAI improves CSE by making educational practices more effective and requires less effort and time, and all at a lower cost, properties that have the potential to make GenAI a disruptive technology for CSE. Each of the 10 theories and models examined serves as a lens through which we observe and interpret the impact of GenAI on CSE. The 10 theories and models are grouped into 3 categories: Learning (Constructivism, Cognitive Load, and Motivation), Pedagogy (Bloom's Taxonomy, Assessment, Personalization/Diversity/Equity, and Didactic Transposition), and Competencies (the KSA Model, Computational Thinking, and Metacognition).
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Change, Epistemology, Models, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices, Cost Effectiveness, Constructivism (Learning), Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Learning Motivation, Taxonomy, Educational Assessment, Computation, Thinking Skills, Metacognition, Equal Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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