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Alspach, Phyllis A. – 1988
This study analyzed the enrollment of two computer classes at a public high school in northern Indiana to see if there was any computer inequity. The two classes examined--an introduction to computers course and a computer programming course--were studied over a period of four years. The sample consisted of 388 students in four years of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Correlation
Flaherty, Robert John – 1987
This study was undertaken to determine whether a significant correlation exists between the student's performance on the Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Examination and three factors: (1) mathematics scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT); (2) a mathematics index score reflecting mathematics courses taken by the student…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, Aptitude Tests, Computer Science
Download full textPilotte, William J.; Gable, Robert K. – 1989
Confirmatory factor analysis (LISREL VI) is the method best suited to the comparison of measurement models when those models are based on a priori assumptions. Traditionally, positive and negative item stems were mixed on affective scales to reduce response set bias since the item pairs were considered to be parallel. Recent studies indicate that…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Computer Science Education, Error of Measurement, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedGreer, Jim – AEDS Journal, 1986
Reviews a study of 117 students at the University of Saskatchewan which examined the relationship between high school computer experience and university achievement in introductory computer science. The pretests used are described, findings are analyzed, and student withdrawal patterns are discussed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Computer Science Education, Correlation
Schofield, Janet Ward – 1995
This book explores the meaning of computer technology in schools. The book is based on data gathered from a two-year observation of more than 30 different classrooms in an urban high school: geometry classes in which students used artificially intelligent tutors; business classes in which students learned word processing; and computer science…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Artificial Intelligence, Change, Classroom Research
PDF pending restorationGrandy, Jerilee – 1987
This study analyzed data from the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) taken by high school seniors between 1975 and 1986. Its purpose was to study trends in the numbers, test scores, and other characteristics of examinees planning to major in mathematics, science, and engineering, and to compare these data with comparable data from examinees planning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, College Mathematics, College Science
