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Bishop-Clark, Cathy; Courte, Jill; Howard, Elizabeth V. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2006
Students in an introductory computing class participated in a study investigating the impact of using a graphics programming environment (Alice) and pair-programming on confidence, enjoyment and achievement. Sixty-four participants completed a short questionnaire and a content pre-test about computer programming concepts. Students were then…
Descriptors: Programming, Group Activities, Participant Satisfaction, Undergraduate Students
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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