Output details
11 - Computer Science and Informatics
University of Kent
Output title
A Fresh Look at Novice Programmers’ Performance and Their Teachers’ Expectations
Type
E - Conference contribution
Name of conference/published proceedings
Proceedings of the final reports on Innovation and technology in computer science education (ITiCSE) 2013 working groups
Volume number
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Issue number
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First page of article
15
ISSN of proceedings
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Year of publication
2013
URL
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Number of additional authors
10
Additional information
<32> This paper replicates, extends and reviews a highly-influential 2001 study, with many of the same authors. It reports a multi-institution, multi-national investigation of the skills of over 400 beginning students of programming, and the expectations of their teachers. For this study a new assessment instrument was devised, to better align with students’ expected stage of development. 2013 results confirmed students’ variable performance; but showed teachers’ expectations were much more accurate than in 2001. The results and discussion will contribute to the design of University and School programming courses and to ongoing research efforts.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
E - Computing Education Group
Citation count
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Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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