1. Towards the Identification of Profiles based on the Understanding of Programming Concepts: the Case of the Variable
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Henry Julie and Dumas Bruno
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Schedule ,Concept inventory ,Computer science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Business engineering ,050301 education ,Sample (statistics) ,02 engineering and technology ,Consistency (database systems) ,Variable (computer science) ,Identification (information) ,020204 information systems ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Mathematics education ,0503 education ,Diversity (politics) ,media_common - Abstract
This Research Full Paper presents a longitudinal study aimed at identifying profiles describing freshers’ understanding of the programming concepts. The variable was chosen as a first case study. 108 students enrolled in a university introductory programming course were submitted to a concept inventory at four different times according to a precise schedule. This sample presents an interesting diversity: 64 students with a major in computer science and 44, in business engineering; 19 are females. Among these students, seven profiles were identified. At first glance, it appears that these profiles could be related to the consistency of students in terms of used mental models to solve variable assignment problems.
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- 2019