Otto Seppälä

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Otto Seppälä is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Otto Seppälä has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Computer Science Applications, 13 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 10 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Otto Seppälä's work include Teaching and Learning Programming (22 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (11 papers) and Online Learning and Analytics (6 papers). Otto Seppälä is often cited by papers focused on Teaching and Learning Programming (22 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (11 papers) and Online Learning and Analytics (6 papers). Otto Seppälä collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and New Zealand. Otto Seppälä's co-authors include Ville Karavirta, Petri Ihantola, Tuukka Ahoniemi, Robert McCartney, Raymond Lister, Kate Sanders, Jan Erik Moström, John Hamer, Sue Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Adams and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM Transactions on Computing Education, Computer Science Education and Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science.

In The Last Decade

Otto Seppälä

28 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A multi-national study of reading and tracing skills in novice programmers

2004 388 citations Raymond Lister, Elizabeth Adams et al. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin profile →
Review of recent systems for automatic assessment of programming assignments

2010 366 citations Petri Ihantola, Tuukka Ahoniemi et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Otto Seppälä

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Two Approaches for Programming Education in the Domain of Graphics: An Experiment 2025 ·Aaltodoc (Aalto University) ·(unknown), Juha Sorva, Arto Hellas, Otto Seppälä, Matthias Hauswirth	0
2	Investigating Students' Misconceptions of Dijkstra's Algorithm: Exploration of Algorithm Simulation Traces 2025 ·Aaltodoc (Aalto University) ·(unknown), Ari Korhonen, Otto Seppälä, (unknown)	0
3	Students Struggle with Concepts in Dijkstra's Algorithm 2024 ·Aaltodoc (Aalto University) ·(unknown), Juha Sorva, Otto Seppälä, Ari Korhonen	2
4	Considering Computing Education in Undergraduate Computer Science Programmes 2023 ·VTechWorks (Virginia Tech) ·Quintin Cutts, Maria Kallia, Ruth Anderson, Tom Crick, Marie Devlin, (unknown), Claudio Mirolo, (unknown), Otto Seppälä, Jaime Urquiza‐Fuentes, Jan Vahrenhold	2
5	Measuring the Cognitive Load of Learning to Program: A Replication Study 2020 ·Aaltodoc (Aalto University) ·(unknown), Rodrigo Duran, Arto Hellas, Otto Seppälä, Juha Sorva	10
6	Should Explanations of Program Code Use Audio, Text, or Both? A Replication Study 2020 ·Aaltodoc (Aalto University) ·(unknown), Arto Hellas, Otto Seppälä, Juha Sorva	7
7	Relation of Individual Time Management Practices and Time Management of Teams 2020 ·Aaltodoc (Aalto University) ·Tapio Auvinen, Nickolas Falkner, Arto Hellas, Petri Ihantola, Ville Karavirta, Otto Seppälä	4
8	Notional Machines for Scratch and Python 2019 ·Otto Seppälä, Rodrigo Duran, Brett A. Becker, Paul Denny, (unknown), Thomas Ball, J. Ángel Velázquez‐Iturbide, Juha Sorva	2
9	What communication tools students use in software projects and how do different tools suit different parts of project work? 2016 ·Otto Seppälä, Tapio Auvinen, Ville Karavirta, Arto Vihavainen, Petri Ihantola	2
10	Do we know how difficult the rainfall problem is? 2015 ·Otto Seppälä, Petri Ihantola, Essi Isohanni, Juha Sorva, Arto Vihavainen	48
11	Research-based design of the first weeks of CS1 2014 ·Juha Sorva, Otto Seppälä	18
12	Automated Visual Feedback from Programming Assignments 2011 ·Aaltodoc (Aalto University) ·Petri Ihantola, Ville Karavirta, Otto Seppälä	3
13	Review of recent systems for automatic assessment of programming assignments breakdown → 2010 ·Petri Ihantola, Tuukka Ahoniemi, Ville Karavirta, Otto Seppälä	366
14	Naturally occurring data as research instrument 2010 ·ACM SIGCSE Bulletin ·Raymond Lister, Tony Clear, Norma P. Simon, Dennis Bouvier, Paul Carter, Anna Eckerdal, Jana Jacková, Mike Lopez, Robert McCartney, Phil Robbins, Otto Seppälä, Errol Thompson	81
15	Modelling student behavior in algorithm simulation exercises with code mutation 2006 ·Otto Seppälä	2
16	Observations on student errors in algorithm simulation exercises 2005 ·Aaltodoc (Aalto University) ·Otto Seppälä, Ari Korhonen, Lauri Malmi	6
17	Take Note: the Effectiveness of Novice Programmers' Annotations on Examinations 2005 ·Informatics in Education ·Robert McCartney, Jan Erik Moström, Kate Sanders, Otto Seppälä	6
18	Questions, annotations and institutions: observations from a study of novice programmers 2004 ·Aaltodoc (Aalto University) ·Robert McCartney, Jan Erik Moström, Kate Sanders, Otto Seppälä	10
19	A multi-national study of reading and tracing skills in novice programmers breakdown → 2004 ·ACM SIGCSE Bulletin ·Raymond Lister, Elizabeth Adams, Sue Fitzgerald, William Fone, John Hamer, Morten Lindholm, Robert McCartney, Jan Erik Moström, Kate Sanders, Otto Seppälä, Beth Simon, Lynda Thomas	388
20	Towards a high quality Finnish talking head 1999 ·(unknown), Mikko Sams, (unknown), Otto Seppälä, Matti Karjalainen, Toomas Altosaar, (unknown), (unknown), Martti Vainio	5

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