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Peer reviewedCavaiani, 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
Guster, Dennis; Batt, Richard – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1989
Describes study of two-year college students that was conducted to determine whether variables that were predictors of success in a programing class were also predictors of success in a package-oriented computer class using Lotus 1-2-3. Diagraming skill, critical thinking ability, spatial discrimination, and test anxiety level were examined. (11…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Community Colleges, Computer Science Education
