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Cognitive Style and Its Effect on the Stages of Programming.

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Bishop-Clark, Cathy – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1995

Presents a model that suggests the cognitive style and personality traits that are likely to affect programming stages and empirically investigates 1 portion of that model with 192 college students. Correlations between results from the Group Embedded Figures Test and design and coding tasks are discussed. (LRW)

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science Education

Cognitive Style and Diagnostic Skills of Student Programmers.

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Cavaiani, Thomas P. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1989

Discussion of the relationship of personality variables to programing ability highlights a study of undergraduates that investigated the influence of cognitive style on the programing skill of debugging. Use of the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) is described, scoring schemes for diagnostic tasks are explained, and suggestions for further…

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Style, Computer Science Education, Correlation