Ian Tyler Applebaum

To Tab or Not to Tab: Measuring Critical Engagement in AI Code Completion Tools Using Behavioral Signals and Attention Checks

Jessica Hutchison, Ian Tyler Applebaum, Kenneth Angelikas, Kush Rakesh Patel, Phuoc Nguyen, Antonio Lazaro, et al.

AI code completion tools, such as Github Copilot, provide students with code suggestions to help them write programs. However, recent qualitative studies suggest that students fail to critically evaluate these suggestions. We present Clover, a code completion tool that logs stude…Read more