John RegehrFeb 9

something I've been thinking about is how, when I teach a class, I tell the TAs to never, ever touch the keyboard when they're helping a student with an assignment. not even once! because as soon as someone else is driving, it becomes real easy for the student to stop thinking and just let things happen.

kind of like what happens when we use a coding assistant.

Show threadMans RFeb 9
@regehr We had that rule when I was a TA. There was one exception, though. Sometimes, when a student had finished a task, we'd test them by deleting a random line of code and having them recreate it. If they failed, it showed a lack of understanding.
Show threadmirabilos
@mansr @regehr that is an interesting and good idea! Maybe it could even help the LLM fight.
Feb 9 at 11:25amWeb