Why do they fail?: how do they succeed? The success of some students in CS2

Authors:
M. Dee Medley
Affiliations:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Augusta State University, Augusta, GA
Venue:
CCSC '00 Proceedings of the fourteenth annual consortium on Small Colleges Southeastern conference
Year:
2000

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Abstract

This paper is intended to stimulate discussion about the progress of students through the typical CS2 course. It is based on test results from only a single class, and is thus extremely limited in terms of applicability or extensibility. However, the problems encountered by the class on this test seem to be of a nature that may be quite general. The paper focuses on the problems the students had writing the test and suggests reasons why they may have encountered these problems. It represents a first attempt to see what the students in this course are lacking for eventual success.