Neil Brown

According to our database, Neil Brown authored at least 73 papers between 2006 and 2024.

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2024

Automated Grading and Feedback Tools for Programming Education: A Systematic Review.

Marcus Messer, Neil C. C. Brown, Michael Kölling, Miaojing Shi

ACM Trans. Comput. Educ., March, 2024

10 Things Software Developers Should Learn about Learning.

Neil C. C. Brown, Felienne F. J. Hermans, Lauren E. Margulieux

Commun. ACM, January, 2024

How Consistent Are Humans When Grading Programming Assignments?

Marcus Messer, Neil C. C. Brown, Michael Kölling, Miaojing Shi

CoRR, 2024

Strype: a Versatile Python-like Programming Environment for Novices.

Pierre Weill-Tessier, Neil C. C. Brown, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the 19th WiPSCE Conference on Primary and Secondary Computing Education Research, 2024

Work in Progress Workshop: Themes, Challenges and Opportunities.

Joseph Maguire, Neil Brown

Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research, 2024

Writing Between the Lines: How Novices Construct Java Programs.

Neil C. C. Brown, Victoria Mac, Pierre Weill-Tessier, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2024

Confidence vs Insight: Big and Rich Data in Computing Education Research.

Neil C. C. Brown, Mark Guzdial

Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2024

Registered Reports: A New Way to Publish Papers.

Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2024

Grading Documentation with Machine Learning.

Marcus Messer, Miaojing Shi, Neil C. C. Brown, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence in Education - 25th International Conference, 2024

2023

Novice Use of the Java Programming Language.

Neil C. C. Brown, Pierre Weill-Tessier, Maksymilian Sekula, Alexandra Lucia Costache, Michael Kölling

ACM Trans. Comput. Educ., March, 2023

Quick Fixes for Novice Programmers: Effective but Under-Utilised.

Neil C. C. Brown, Jamie Ford, Pierre Weill-Tessier, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research, 2023

Java: What's New and How Might It Change Our Teaching?

Michael Kölling, Pierre Weill-Tessier, Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Volume 2, 2023

Registered Reports and Preregistration: A new way to conduct research.

Neil C. C. Brown, David Weintrop, Vidushi Ojha, Kathleen Isenegger

Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Volume 2, 2023

Strype: Frame-based Python in the Browser.

Neil C. C. Brown, Pierre Weill-Tessier, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Volume 2, 2023

Increase Your Statistical Confidence.

Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Volume 2, 2023

Machine Learning-Based Automated Grading and Feedback Tools for Programming: A Meta-Analysis.

Marcus Messer, Neil C. C. Brown, Michael Kölling, Miaojing Shi

Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1, 2023

An eye tracking study assessing the impact of background styling in code editors on novice programmers' code understanding.

Kang-Il Park, Pierre Weill-Tessier, Neil C. C. Brown, Bonita Sharif, Nikolaj Jensen, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, 2023

2022

Educational Programming Languages and Systems (Dagstuhl Seminar 22302).

Neil Brown, Mark J. Guzdial, Shriram Krishnamurthi, Jens Mönig

Dagstuhl Reports, July, 2022

Guest editorial.

Neil C. C. Brown, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, Eva Marinus

Comput. Sci. Educ., 2022

Strype: Frame-Based Editing Tool for Programming the Micro: bit through Python.

Charalampos Kyfonidis, Pierre Weill-Tessier, Neil Brown

Proceedings of the SIGCSE 2022: The 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2022

Getting Started with Source Code Analysis for Programming Education Research.

Neil C. C. Brown, Michael Kölling, Charalampos Kyfonidis, Pierre Weill-Tessier

Proceedings of the SIGCSE 2022: The 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2022

Transitioning from Blocks to Text.

Neil C. C. Brown, Michael Kölling, Charalampos Kyfonidis, Pierre Weill-Tessier

Proceedings of the SIGCSE 2022: The 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2022

Strype: Bridging from Blocks to Python, with Micro: bit Support.

Pierre Weill-Tessier, Charalampos Kyfonidis, Neil Brown, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the ITiCSE 2022: Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Dublin, Ireland, July 8, 2022

Launching Registered Report Replications in Computer Science Education Research.

Neil C. C. Brown, Eva Marinus, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua

Proceedings of the ICER 2022: ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, Lugano and Virtual Event, Switzerland, August 7, 2022

2021

A Frame of Mind: Frame-based vs. Text-based Editing.

Neil Brown, Charalampos Kyfonidis, Pierre Weill-Tessier, Brett A. Becker, Joe Dillane, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the UKICER '21: United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, Glasgow, UK, September 2, 2021

Supporting Computing Educators to Create a Cycle of Teaching and Computing Education Research.

Neil Brown, Quintin I. Cutts, Maria Kallia, Joseph Maguire, Fiona McNeill, Leo Porter

Proceedings of the UKICER '21: United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, Glasgow, UK, September 2, 2021

Usage of the Java Language by Novices over Time: Implications for Tool and Language Design.

Pierre Weill-Tessier, Alexandra Lucia Costache, Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the SIGCSE '21: The 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2021

2020

Blackbox Mini - Getting Started With Blackbox Data Analysis.

Neil C. C. Brown, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2020

BlueJ 5: Still Going Strong.

Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2020

Engage Against the Machine: Rise of the Notional Machines as Effective Pedagogical Devices.

Paul E. Dickson, Neil C. C. Brown, Brett A. Becker

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2020

2019

Stride in BlueJ - Computing for All in an Educational IDE.

Michael Kölling, Neil C. C. Brown, Hamza Hamza, Davin McCall

Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2019

2018

Ten quick tips for teaching programming.

Neil C. C. Brown, Greg Wilson

PLoS Comput. Biol., 2018

Blackbox, Five Years On: An Evaluation of a Large-scale Programming Data Collection Project.

Neil C. C. Brown, Amjad AlTadmri, Sue Sentance, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, 2018

2017

Frame-Based Editing.

Michael Kölling, Neil C. C. Brown, Amjad AlTadmri

J. Vis. Lang. Sentient Syst., 2017

Novice Java Programming Mistakes: Large-Scale Data vs. Educator Beliefs.

Neil C. C. Brown, Amjad AlTadmri

ACM Trans. Comput. Educ., 2017

Sharing and Using Programming Log Data (Abstract Only).

Thomas W. Price, Neil C. C. Brown, Chris Piech, Kelly Rivers

Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2017

What's New in BlueJ 4: Git, Stride and more (Abstract Only).

Neil C. C. Brown, Amjad AlTadmri

Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2017

2016

Panel: Future Directions of Block-based Programming.

Neil C. C. Brown, Jens Mönig, Anthony Bau, David Weintrop

Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, 2016

Building on Blocks: Getting Started With Frames in Greenfoot 3 (Abstract Only).

Amjad AlTadmri, Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, 2016

Researching Programming Education with Blackbox (Abstract Only).

Amjad AlTadmri, Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, 2016

Frame-Based Editing: Combining the Best of Blocks and Text Programming.

Neil C. C. Brown, Amjad AlTadmri, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering, 2016

Evaluation of a Frame-based Programming Editor.

Thomas W. Price, Neil C. C. Brown, Dragan Lipovac, Tiffany Barnes, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, 2016

The Cost of Syntax and How to Avoid It: Text versus Frame-Based Editing.

Amjad AlTadmri, Michael Kölling, Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, 2016

2015

Frame-Based Editing: Easing the Transition from Blocks to Text-Based Programming.

Michael Kölling, Neil C. C. Brown, Amjad AlTadmri

Proceedings of the Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, 2015

Using BlueJ to Code Java on the Raspberry Pi.

Amjad AlTadmri, Neil C. C. Brown, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2015

37 Million Compilations: Investigating Novice Programming Mistakes in Large-Scale Student Data.

Amjad AlTadmri, Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2015

2014

Restart: The Resurgence of Computer Science in UK Schools.

Neil C. C. Brown, Sue Sentance, Tom Crick, Simon Humphreys

ACM Trans. Comput. Educ., 2014

Blackbox: a large scale repository of novice programmers' activity.

Neil Christopher Charles Brown, Michael Kölling, Davin McCall, Ian Utting

Proceedings of the 45th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2014

Introduction to analysing the BlueJ blackbox data (abstract only).

Neil Christopher Charles Brown

Proceedings of the 45th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2014

Investigating novice programming mistakes: educator beliefs vs. student data.

Neil C. C. Brown, Amjad AlTadmri

Proceedings of the International Computing Education Research Conference, 2014

2013

Bringing computer science back into schools: lessons from the UK.

Neil Christopher Charles Brown, Michael Kölling, Tom Crick, Simon L. Peyton Jones, Simon Humphreys, Sue Sentance

Proceedings of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2013

A tale of three sites: resource and knowledge sharing amongst computer science educators.

Neil Christopher Charles Brown, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the International Computing Education Research Conference, 2013

2012

<i>Functional Programming for Java Developers - Tools for Better Concurrency, Abstraction, and Agility</i>, By Wampler, Media, July 2011, ISBN-13: 978-1449311032, 90pp.

Neil Brown

J. Funct. Program., 2012

Teaching with greenfoot and the Kinect: a novel way to engage beginners (abstract only).

Michael Kölling, Neil Brown

Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer science education, 2012

Web-scale data gathering with BlueJ.

Ian Utting, Neil Brown, Michael Kölling, Davin McCall, Phil Stevens

Proceedings of the International Computing Education Research Conference, 2012

2011

Communicating Haskell processes.

Neil Christopher Charles Brown

PhD thesis, 2011

Adding Formal Verification to occam-π.

Peter H. Welch, Jan Bækgaard Pedersen, Fred R. M. Barnes, Carl G. Ritson, Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the 33th Communicating Process Architectures Conference, 2011

Combinators for Message-Passing in Haskell.

Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages, 2011

2010

Alting barriers: synchronisation with choice in Java using JCSP.

Peter H. Welch, Neil Brown, James Moores, Kevin Chalmers, Bernhard H. C. Sputh

Concurr. Comput. Pract. Exp., 2010

Greenroom: a teacher community for collaborative resource development.

Neil Brown, Phil Stevens, Michael Kölling

Proceedings of the 15th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2010

Repositories of teaching material and communities of use: nifty assignments and the greenroom.

Sally Fincher, Michael Kölling, Ian Utting, Neil Brown, Phil Stevens

Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Computing Education Research, 2010

2009

Automatically Generating CSP Models for Communicating Haskell Processes.

Neil C. C. Brown

Electron. Commun. Eur. Assoc. Softw. Sci. Technol., 2009

Relating and Visualising CSP, VCR and Structural Traces.

Neil C. C. Brown, Marc L. Smith

Proceedings of the thirty-second Communicating Process Architectures Conference, 2009

Auto-Mobiles: Optimised Message-Passing.

Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the thirty-second Communicating Process Architectures Conference, 2009

Alloy: fast generic transformations for Haskell.

Neil C. C. Brown, Adam T. Sampson

Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Haskell, 2009

2008

Tock: One Year On.

Adam T. Sampson, Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the thirty-first Communicating Process Architectures Conference, 2008

Representation and Implementation of CSP and VCR Traces.

Neil C. C. Brown, Marc L. Smith

Proceedings of the thirty-first Communicating Process Architectures Conference, 2008

How to Make a Process Invisible.

Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the thirty-first Communicating Process Architectures Conference, 2008

Communicating Haskell Processes: Composable Explicit Concurrency using Monads.

Neil C. C. Brown

Proceedings of the thirty-first Communicating Process Architectures Conference, 2008

2007

Integrating and Extending JCSP.

Peter H. Welch, Neil Brown, James Moores, Kevin Chalmers, Bernhard H. C. Sputh

Proceedings of the 30th Communicating Process Architectures Conference, 2007

C++CSP2: A Many-to-Many Threading Model for Multicore Architectures.

Neil Brown

Proceedings of the 30th Communicating Process Architectures Conference, 2007

2006

Rain VM: Portable Concurrency through Managing Code.

Neil Brown

Proceedings of the 29th Communicating Process Architectures Conference, 2006

Rain: A New Concurrent Process-Oriented Programming Language.

Neil Brown

Proceedings of the 29th Communicating Process Architectures Conference, 2006