Naturally occurring data as research instrument: Analyzing examination responses to study the novice programmer

Clear, T; Bouvier, DJ; Jacková, J; Robbins, P; Lister, R; Carter, P; Lopez, M; Seppälä, O; Simon; Eckerdal, A; McCartney, R; Thompson, E

Naturally occurring data as research instrument: Analyzing examination responses to study the novice programmer

Clear, T Bouvier, DJ Jacková, J Robbins, P Lister, R

Carter, P Lopez, M Seppälä, O Simon Eckerdal, A McCartney, R Thompson, E

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Citation:: SIGCSE Bulletin Inroads, 2009, 41 (4)
Issue Date:: 2009-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Clear, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bouvier, DJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jacková, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Robbins, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lister, R https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-0445	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Carter, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lopez, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Seppälä, O	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Simon	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Eckerdal, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McCartney, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Thompson, E	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	SIGCSE Bulletin Inroads, 2009, 41 (4)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1096-3936	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17195
dc.description.abstract	In New Zealand and Australia, the BRACElet project has been investigating students' acquisition of programming skills in introductory programming courses. The project has explored students' skills in basic syntax, tracing code, understanding code, and writing code, seeking to establish the relationships between these skills. This ITiCSE working group report presents the most recent step in the BRACElet project, which includes replication of earlier analysis using a far broader pool of naturally occurring data, refinement of the SOLO taxonomy in code-explaining questions, extension of the taxonomy to code-writing questions, extension of some earlier studies on students' 'doodling' while answering exam questions, and exploration of a further theoretical basis for work that until now has been primarily empirical.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	SIGCSE Bulletin Inroads	en_US
dc.title	Naturally occurring data as research instrument: Analyzing examination responses to study the novice programmer	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	41	en_US
utslib.for	130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy	en_US
utslib.for	0899 Other Information and Computing Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	1301 Education Systems	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	4	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	41	en_US

Abstract:

In New Zealand and Australia, the BRACElet project has been investigating students' acquisition of programming skills in introductory programming courses. The project has explored students' skills in basic syntax, tracing code, understanding code, and writing code, seeking to establish the relationships between these skills. This ITiCSE working group report presents the most recent step in the BRACElet project, which includes replication of earlier analysis using a far broader pool of naturally occurring data, refinement of the SOLO taxonomy in code-explaining questions, extension of the taxonomy to code-writing questions, extension of some earlier studies on students' 'doodling' while answering exam questions, and exploration of a further theoretical basis for work that until now has been primarily empirical.

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