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pith:2026:XK7YGYG7LNHNIHRP7TREQE5VYL

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Using Large Language Models to Analyze Engagement in Computational Thinking via Computational Physics Essays

Amir Bralin, N.Sanjay Rebello, Paul Hur, Sean Savage

Computational Physics Essays elicit high variety of computational thinking practices in engineering students, with strong correlation to overall quality.

arxiv:2605.07036 v2 · 2026-05-07 · physics.ed-ph

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The project-based constraint successfully elicited a high variety of CT practices. Students demonstrated high proficiency in Modeling and Systems Thinking, with 99% successfully investigating complex systems as a whole. ... the use of CT practices strongly correlated (ρ=0.75) with expert ratings of the overall quality of the CPE.

C2weakest assumption

That the customized 20-item rubric based on Weintrop's taxonomy validly and reliably captures computational thinking practices in this specific engineering context without additional validation or inter-rater reliability checks reported.

C3one line summary

Computational Physics Essays as capstone projects elicit high proficiency in computational thinking practices among engineering students, with 99% success in investigating complex systems and a 0.75 correlation to expert-rated quality.

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First computed	2026-06-19T16:12:05.996826Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
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babf8360df5b4ed41e2ffce24813b5c2ecabd57b9e0fee81e616d743ed6486d4

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arxiv: 2605.07036 · arxiv_version: 2605.07036v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.07036 · pith_short_12: XK7YGYG7LNHN · pith_short_16: XK7YGYG7LNHNIHRP · pith_short_8: XK7YGYG7

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