Lehigh University Lehigh Preserve Theses and Dissertations 2014 An Intelligent Debugging Tutor For Novice Computer Science Students Elizabeth Emily Carter Lehigh University Follow this and additional works at: http://preserve.lehigh.edu/etd Part of the Computer Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Carter, Elizabeth Emily, "An Intelligent Debugging Tutor For Novice Computer Science Students" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1447. This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by Lehigh Preserve. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Lehigh Preserve. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. An Intelligent Debugging Tutor For Novice Computer Science Students By Elizabeth Emily Carter Presented to the Graduate and Research Committee Of Lehigh University In Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In Computer Science Lehigh University May 2014 © Copyright by Elizabeth Carter All rights reserved ii Approved and recommended for acceptance as a dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy __________________ Date ________________________ Dissertation Advisor (Dr. Gang Tan) ___________________ Accepted Date Committee Members: _______________________ Dr. Gang Tan ________________________ Dr. Jeff Heflin ________________________ Dr. H. Lynn Columba ________________________ Dr. Glenn Blank iii Acknowledgements: First and foremost I would like to thank my de facto advisor Dr. Glenn Blank. He was the first faculty member I spoke to when I applied to Lehigh’s PhD program and he has guided me through the entire process. His guidance and editing assistance have been absolutely invaluable. I would like to thank Dr. Blank, Dr. Henry Odi, Dr. H.