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Agentic Education with AI Coding Assistants

◐ medium · 2026-05-08agentic-ai, generative-ai, higher-ed, scaffolding, stem-education, metacognition, ai-literacy, rag, ai-tutoring

AI coding assistants proliferate rapidly, but pedagogical frameworks for learning them remain scarce — a paradox at the heart of agentic coding education.

Using agentic AI workflows (Claude Code) to teach AI coding tools — structured pedagogy for tool mastery.

The Gap in AI Coding Education

Naboulsi (2026) identifies a paradox: AI coding assistants proliferate rapidly, but pedagogical frameworks for learning them remain scarce.

Current State

Learners face:

  • Fragmented resources: Blog posts, video tutorials, trial-and-error
  • Documentation-to-practice gap: Tool docs ≠ pedagogical structure
  • No progression scaffold: Jump from "hello world" to "production use" without intermediate structure

    • Agentic Workflow Pedagogy

    The paper presents a framework for teaching Claude Code (agentic coding assistant) using Claude Code itself — recursive/agentic education.

    Pedagogical Structure

    PhaseFocusAgentic Capability
    Tool familiarizationBasic commands, setupSingle-turn interactions
    Task decompositionBreaking problems into agentic stepsMulti-step planning
    Autonomous executionLetting agent run, monitoringSelf-correction, iteration
    Meta-cognitionWhen to use (and not use) agentic workflowsStrategic tool selection

    Connection to Agentic Workflows in Education

    This operationalizes Agentic Workflows Education for a specific tool:

  • Reflection: Agent reflects on its own code/approach
  • Planning: Decomposes tasks before execution
  • Tool use: Uses file I/O, shell, other tools
  • Multi-agent: Could extend to peer-agent collaboration (cf. Collaborative AI Tutoring)

    • Implications

    For CS Education

  • Agentic literacy: Learning how to direct AI agents is a new learning objective
  • Scaffolded autonomy: Progressive release of agentic control (teacher-guided → student-directed)
  • Meta-cognitive skill: Knowing when agentic approaches help vs. hinder learning

    • For ITS Design

  • Teach tool + teach with tool: Agentic systems can be both tutor and tutee
  • Recursive pedagogy: Advanced agents can teach novice users (and novice agents)
  • Transfer concerns: Does learning with Claude Code transfer to other agentic tools?

    • Connected Concepts

  • Agentic AI
  • Math Education
  • Curriculum Design
  • Administrator
  • Socratic AI Dialogue
  • Physics Education
  • Help Seeking
  • Metacognition

    • Connected Articles

  • Agentic Workflows Education
  • Collaborative AI Tutoring

    • Citation

    Naboulsi, A.Z. (2026). Agentic Education with AI Coding Assistants