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AI in the C++ Classroom: Exploring Student Attitudes and Use
Amir Kirsh
On Day 1 at 16:00 (CET/Berlin) in Track E [Bernstein Room and online]
The rapid adoption of Generative AI has transformed how students approach programming tasks, raising fundamental questions about learning, effort, and professional identity in computer science education. This talk presents findings from a study of a second-year C++ Object-Oriented Programming course in which unrestricted AI use was encouraged for all project work. The talk will present how students use AI, the impacts of AI use, students’ attitudes toward AI, and their views on how it will affect their careers. We identify several key patterns that point to concrete pedagogical strategies for detecting AI‑supported illusions of competence, calibrating students’ metacognition, and integrating AI as a scaffold rather than a shortcut in programming education.
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