“It Works, but I Don’t Know Why”: Uncritical Use, Verification Behavior and Perceived Understanding in Non-CS Students’ Generative AI-Assisted Programming Projects
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) enables students with little programming experience to produce working software, raising the concern that learners may build artifacts they cannot explain. This convergent mixed-methods study examined how uncritical GenAI use and verification behavior (VB) relate to novices’ s...