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Sverrir Thorgeirsson

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Book Open access Aug 2026

How (and How Not) Do Code Complexity Measures Predict Cognitive Load?

Background and Context. Code complexity measures have been used to guide the design of various activities within computing education, such as instructional sequencing and assessment. However, empirical evidence for the link of these measures to actual cognitive difficulties remains mixed, with studies suffering from sm...

Sverrir Thorgeirsson, Jan Vahrenhold · 0 citations
Book Open access Aug 2026

Steering AI Tutors Through System Prompts: A Crossover Study on Self-Regulated Learning and Cognitive Engagement Scaffolds in CS1

The results suggest that the pedagogical behavior of AI tutors may not be easily steered through system prompts alone: embedding established SRL and CE frameworks did not produce detectable improvements on any preregistered outcome in a large, ecologically valid deployment.

Maximilian Georg Barth, Sverrir Thorgeirsson, K. Etemadi et al. · 0 citations

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