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The\n            <jats:italic>technical-only<\/jats:italic>\n            condition received traditional instruction, while the\n            <jats:italic>micro-insertion<\/jats:italic>\n            condition learned the same technical material contextualized within a real-world scenario with potential broader ethical or social impacts. Our study design included a pre-test, instruction intervention, immediate post-test, and a 2-week delayed post-test. Each test included both technical and contextualized questions, and the instructional time was the same across both conditions. The study revealed no statistically significant differences in learning outcomes between the two conditions. Participants in both conditions improved in solving problems presented both abstractly and contextualized with a real-world narrative. Thus, we did not find evidence that our responsible computing intervention distracted participants from learning the technical topics. Further, participants in the technical-only condition could correctly respond to contextualized questions, suggesting that students might be able to engage with responsible computing micro-insertions without targeted instruction. To more deeply understand students\u2019 reasoning, we conducted follow-up interviews with 13 of the participants. The interviews revealed that participants in both conditions perceived to have learned about responsible computing from the study. However, the depth and quality of participants\u2019 engagement with real-world issues varied significantly, with many only superficially addressing the context and many relying on their own personal experiences as their source of knowledge. 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