My research area is Computer Science Education. I am currently enrolled in a PhD with the title "Supporting Constructive Evaluation".

Journal publication

2010

• Luxton-Reilly, A. & Denny, P. (2010), 'Constructive evaluation: a pedagogy of student-contributed assessment', Computer Science Education 20 (2), 145-167.

2009

• Luxton-Reilly, A. (2009), 'A systematic review of tools that support peer assessment', Computer Science Education 19, 209-232.

Conference publications

2011

• Denny, P., Luxton-Reilly, A., Tempero, E. & Hendrickx, J. (2011) CodeWrite: supporting student-driven practice of java, in 'Proceedings of the 42nd ACM technical symposium on Computer science education', ACM, 2011, pp. 471-476
• Denny, P., Luxton-Reilly, A., Tempero, E. & Hendrickx, J. (2011) Understanding the Syntax Barrier for Novices, in ITiCSE '11: Proceedings of the 16th annual ACM SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education, ACM, 2011
• Luxton-Reilly, A., Denny, P., Plimmer, B. & Bertinshaw, D. Supporting Student-generated Free-response Questions, in ITiCSE '11: Proceedings of the 16th annual ACM SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education, ACM, 2011

2010

• Denny, P.; Luxton-Reilly, A.; Hamer, J.; Dahlstrom, D. & Purchase, H. (2010), Self-Predicted and Actual Performance in an Introductory Programming Course, in 'Proceedings of the fifteenth annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education (ITiCSE 2010)', ACM, 2010, pp. 118-122.
• Luxton-Reilly, A.; Denny, P.; Plimmer, B. & Sheehan, R., StudySieve: supporting student-generated free-response questions, in R. Mann, S. & Verhaart, M. (ed.) Proceedings on 1st Annual Conference of Computing and Information Technology, Education and Research in New Zealand (incorporating 23rd Annual NACCQ), 2010, 129-137
• Luxton-Reilly, A., Plimmer, B., & Sheehan, R. (2010) Studysieve – A Tool that Supports Constructive Evaluation for free-response questions, in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the NZ Chapter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (CHINZ), ACM, 2010, pp. 65-68
• Purchase, H.; Hamer, J.; Denny, P. & Luxton-Reilly, A. (2010), The Quality of a PeerWise MCQ Repository, in Clear, T. & Hamer, J. (ed.) Twelfth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2010), ACS, 2010, Vol. 103, pp. 137-146

2009

• Denny, P.; Luxton-Reilly, A. & Simon, B. (2009), Quality of student contributed questions using PeerWise, in Margaret Hamilton & Tony Clear, ed.,'Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009)', Australian Computer Society, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 55--64.
• Denny, P.; Hamer, J. & Luxton-Reilly, A. (2009), 'Students sharing and evaluating MCQs in a large first year Engineering course''AAEE09'.
• Denny, P.; Luxton-Reilly, A.; Hamer, J. & Purchase, H. (2009), Coverage of course topics in a student generated MCQ repository, in 'ITiCSE '09: Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education', ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 11--15.
• Hamer, J.; Purchase, H. C.; Denny, P. & Luxton-Reilly, A. (2009), Quality of peer assessment in CS1, in 'ICER '09: Proceedings of the fifth international workshop on Computing education research workshop', ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 27--36.
• Hamer, J.; Denny, P.; Luxton-Reilly, A.; Hosking, J. & Plimmer, B. (2009), Aropa; and PeerWise: Supporting student contributed pedagogy in large classes, in 'EDUCAUSE Australasia 2009'.
• Luxton-Reilly, A. & Denny, P. (2009), A simple framework for interactive games in CS1, in 'SIGCSE '09: Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education', ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 216--220.

2008

• Denny, P.; Luxton-Reilly, A. & Hamer, J. (2008), The PeerWise system of student contributed assessment questions, in Simon & Margaret Hamilton, ed.,'Tenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2008)', ACS, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, pp. 69-74.
• Denny, P.; Luxton-Reilly, A. & Hamer, J. (2008), Student use of the PeerWise system, in 'ITICSE '08: Proceedings of the 13th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education', ACM, Madrid, Spain, pp. 73--77.
• Denny, P.; Hamer, J. & Luxton-Reilly, A. (2008), Tools that support contribution-based pedagogies, in Agostino Cortesi & Flaminia Luccio, ed.,'ACM-IFIP IEEIII 2008 Informatics Education Europe III Conference,', pp. 140--154.
• Denny, P.; Hamer, J.; Luxton-Reilly, A. & Purchase, H. (2008), PeerWise, in Arnold Pears & Lauri Malmi, ed.,'Koli Calling 8th International Conference on Computing Education Research', Uppsala University, Koli National Park,Lieksa, FINLAND, pp. 109--112.
• Denny, P.; Hamer, J.; Luxton-Reilly, A. & Purchase, H. (2008), PeerWise: students sharing their multiple choice questions, in 'ICER '08: Proceeding of the fourth international workshop on Computing education research', ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 51--58.
• Denny, P.; Luxton-Reilly, A. & Simon, B. (2008), Evaluating a new exam question: Parsons problems, in 'ICER '08: Proceeding of the fourth international workshop on Computing education research', ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 113--124.
• Hamer, J.; Cutts, Q.; Jackova, J.; Luxton-Reilly, A.; McCartney, R.; Purchase, H.; Riedesel, C.; Saeli, M.; Sanders, K. & Sheard, J. (2008), 'Contributing student pedagogy', SIGCSE Bull. 40(4), 194--212.
• Lutteroth, C. & Luxton-Reilly, A. (2008), Flexible learning in CS2: A case study, in 'Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications'.
• Thompson, E.; Luxton-Reilly, A.; Whalley, J.; Hu, M. & Robbins, P. (2008), Bloom's Taxonomy for CS assessment, in Simon & Margaret Hamilton, ed.,'Tenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2008)', ACS, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, pp. 155-162.

2007

• Denny, P. & Luxton-Reilly, A. (2007), 'Student use of the PeerWise System', Software Innovation and Engineering New Zealand Workshop, November 2007, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Lutteroth, C.; Luxton-Reilly, A.; Dobbie, G. & Hamer, J. (2007), A maturity model for computing education, in 'ACE '07: Proceedings of the ninth Australasian conference on Computing education', Australian Computer Society, Inc., Darlinghurst, Australia, Australia, pp. 107--114.

2006

• Lister, R.; Berglund, A.; Clear, T.; Bergin, J.; Garvin-Doxas, K.; Hanks, B.; Hitchner, L.; Luxton-Reilly, A.; Sanders, K.; Schulte, C. & Whalley, J. L. (2006), 'Research perspectives on the objects-early debate', SIGCSE Bull. 38(4), 146--165.
• Mendes, E.; Al-Fakhri, L. & Luxton-Reilly, A. (2006), A replicated experiment of pair-programming in a 2nd-year software development and design computer science course, in 'ITICSE '06: Proceedings of the 11th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education', ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 108--112.

2005

• Mendes, E.; Al-Fakhri, L. B. & Luxton-Reilly, A. (2005), Investigating pair-programming in a 2nd-year software development and design computer science course, in 'ITiCSE '05: Proceedings of the 10th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education', ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 296--300.

Invited talks

• Keynote address of the UoA Teaching Showcase: "Through the Looking Glass: Reflecting on Large Classes" (2003)
• Peter Gibbons Memorial Seminar Series: “Technologies for Deep Leaning” (with John Hamer and Beryl Plimmer, 2009)