A study of the impact of student background and preparedness on outcomes in CS I

Authors:
Malcolm Morrison;Timothy S. Newman
Affiliations:
Dept. of Mathematics and Comp. Sci., Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD;Department of Computer Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
Venue:
Proceedings of the thirty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education
Year:
2001

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Abstract

A study that assesses the significance of student background characteristics on outcomes in a depth-first CS I course is presented. The study was conducted over a two-year period and involved more than 400 students in fourteen different course sections taught by eight different instructors in a CSAC-accredited program. In this paper, focus is on the impact of prior programming courses on CS I outcomes. In particular, the impact of the prior course's programming language and provider is reported.