Title
A multi-institutional investigation of computer science seniors' knowledge of programming concepts
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Publication Title
Sigcse Bulletin
Department
Mathematics and Computer Science
Abstract
Research on learning suggests the importance of helping students organize their knowledge around meaningful patterns of information. This paper reports on a multi-institutional study to investigate how senior computer science majors articulate and organize their knowledge of programming concepts using a card-sorting technique adopted from knowledge acquisition. We show that card-sorts are an effective means of eliciting students' knowledge structures and suggest they can also be used to help students organize their knowledge throughout the curriculum.
Volume
37
Issue
1
pp.
510-514
ISSN
0097-8418
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Citation
Murphy, L, R McCauley, S Westbrook, T Fossum, S Haller, B B. Morrison, B Richards, K Sanders, C Zander, and R E. Anderson. "A Multi-Institutional Investigation of Computer Science Seniors' Knowledge of Programming Concepts." Sigcse Bulletin. 37.1 (2005): 510-514. Print.