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Chin, John P.; Zecker, Steven G. – 1985
This experiment examined the relationship between computer programming and the following factors: mathematical ability, locus of control, introversion/extraversion, anxiety, and task time allocation. The programming performance of 14 male and 18 female students in a college-level introductory computer science course was measured by means of a math…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Correlation, Higher Education

Winer, Jane L.; Bellando, Jayne – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1989
This study reports that artistic and social vocational-personality characteristics are associated with greater anxiety and less involvement or success in mathematics and computer courses. A concept of population variability in computer anxiety which is associated with individual differences in vocational personality is supported. (MVL)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Computer Science Education, Computers, Mathematics
Nowaczyk, Ronald H. – 1983
Research directed toward a better understanding of the computer user/computer machine relationship has increased in recent years. To identify what factors may predict success in computer programming, 286 college students from three computer classes (160 from introductory programming; 60 from Cobol programming; and 66 from senior level programming)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Computer Anxiety, Computer Science