Sverrir Thorgeirsson

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Transforming Confusion into Diffusion: Advancing Machine Learning Education via Bottom-Up Instruction
    Carlos Cotrini*, Sverrir Thorgeirsson*, Jesus Solano and Zhendong Su
    SIGCSE 2026 (to appear)
    * Co-primary authors
  2. A Code-Free, Direct-Manipulation Interface for Constructing Boolean Expressions
    Andrin Gasser*, Sverrir Thorgeirsson*, April Wang and Zhendong Su
    SIGCSE 2026 (to appear)
    * Co-primary authors
  3. Map, Filter, and Conquer: A Visual Tool for Learning Higher-Order Functions
    Silvan Renggli, Sverrir Thorgeirsson, Theo Weidmann and Zhendong Su
    ITiCSE 2025
    DOI  PDF
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    What Can Computer Science Educators Learn From the Failures of Top-Down Pedagogy?
    Sverrir Thorgeirsson, Tracy Ewen, Zhendong Su
    SIGCSE 2025
    DOI  PDF  Interview
  5. A Pedagogical Framework for Developing Abstraction Skills
    Marjahan Begum, Julia Crossley, Filip Strömbäck, Eleni Akrida, Isaac Alpizar-Chacon, Abigail Evans, Joshua B. Gross, Pontus Haglund, Violetta Lonati, Chandrika Satyavolu, Sverrir Thorgeirsson
    ITiCSE 2024 Working Group
    DOI  PDF
  6. A Direct Manipulation Programming Environment for Teaching Introductory and Advanced Software Testing
    Maximilian G. Barth*, Sverrir Thorgeirsson*, Zhendong Su
    Koli Calling 2024
    DOI  PDF  Supplementary report 
    * Co-primary authors
  7. The Hidden Program State Hurts Everyone
    Sverrir Thorgeirsson, Oliver Graf, Zhendong Su
    Onward! 2024
    DOI  PDF
  8. An Electroencephalography Study on Cognitive Load in Visual and Textual Programming
    Sverrir Thorgeirsson, Chengyu Zhang, Theo B. Weidmann, Karl-Heinz Weidmann, Zhendong Su
    ICER 2024
    DOI  PDF
  9. Assessing Live Programming for Program Comprehension
    Oliver Graf*, Sverrir Thorgeirsson*, Zhendong Su
    ITiCSE 2024
    DOI  PDF
  10. Recursion in Secondary Computer Science Education: A Comparative Study of Visual Programming Approaches
    Sverrir Thorgeirsson*, Lennart Lais*, Theo B. Weidmann and Zhendong Su
    SIGCSE 2024
    DOI  PDF
    * Co-primary authors
  11. Comparing Cognitive Load Among Undergraduate Students Programming in Python and the Visual Language Algot
    Sverrir Thorgeirsson*, Theo B. Weidmann*, Karl-Heinz Weidmann, Zhendong Su
    SIGCSE 2024
    DOI  PDF
    * Co-primary authors
  12. Bridging the Syntax-Semantics Gap of Programming
    Theo B. Weidmann*, Sverrir Thorgeirsson*, Zhendong Su
    Onward! 2022
    DOI  PDF
    * Co-primary authors
  13. Does Deliberately Failing Improve Learning in Introductory Computer Science?
    Sverrir Thorgeirsson, Tanmay Sinha, Felix Friedrich, Zhendong Su
    EC-TEL 2022
    DOI  PDF
  14. Algot: An Educational Programming Language with Human-Intuitive Visual Syntax
    Sverrir Thorgeirsson, Zhendong Su
    VL/HCC 2021
    DOI  PDF

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