ASSISTing CS1 students to learn: learning approaches and object-oriented programming

Janet Hughes; D. Ramanee Peiris

doi:10.1145/1140123.1140197

ASSISTing CS1 students to learn: learning approaches and object-oriented programming

Janet Hughes, D. Ramanee Peiris

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Abstract

Identifying and managing students who experience difficulty with learning to program is a challenge for CS educators. In an attempt to answer the familiar question "What makes for success in CS1?" we have investigated student approaches to learning using the ASSIST measure of learning approach. This measure considers three dimensions related to studying - deep (related to meaning), surface (reproducing) and strategic (achieving). Two cohorts of CS1 students completed an online ASSIST questionnaire midway through their first semester. Their three ASSIST scores were analysed together with their CS1 performance. The strongest relationships were a significant, negative correlation between a surface approach to learning and CS1 performance and a significant positive correlation between a strategic approach to learning and CS1 performance, Participants were classified via a cluster analysis according to the extent to which they showed deep, strategic, and surface learning profiles. Members of the cluster favouring a surface approach had the poorest performances, whereas members of the cluster favouring strategic or deep approaches rather than a surface approach had the best performances.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ITiCSE06
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Editors	Michael Goldweber, Paola Salomoni
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	275-279
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781595930552, 1595930558
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1140123.1140197
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	11th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - Bologna, Italy Duration: 26 Jun 2006 → 28 Jun 2006

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Name	ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Volume	38, no. 3
ISSN (Print)	0097-8418

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Conference	11th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Bologna
Period	26/06/06 → 28/06/06

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Hughes, J., & Peiris, D. R. (2006). ASSISTing CS1 students to learn: learning approaches and object-oriented programming. In M. Goldweber, & P. Salomoni (Eds.), ITiCSE06 : Proceedings of the 11th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 275-279). (ACM SIGCSE Bulletin; Vol. 38, no. 3). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/1140123.1140197

Hughes, Janet ; Peiris, D. Ramanee. / ASSISTing CS1 students to learn : learning approaches and object-oriented programming. ITiCSE06 : Proceedings of the 11th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. editor / Michael Goldweber ; Paola Salomoni. New York : Association for Computing Machinery, 2006. pp. 275-279 (ACM SIGCSE Bulletin).

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Hughes, J & Peiris, DR 2006, ASSISTing CS1 students to learn: learning approaches and object-oriented programming. in M Goldweber & P Salomoni (eds), ITiCSE06 : Proceedings of the 11th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, vol. 38, no. 3, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 275-279, 11th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Bologna, Italy, 26/06/06. https://doi.org/10.1145/1140123.1140197

ASSISTing CS1 students to learn: learning approaches and object-oriented programming. / Hughes, Janet; Peiris, D. Ramanee.
ITiCSE06 : Proceedings of the 11th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. ed. / Michael Goldweber; Paola Salomoni. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2006. p. 275-279 (ACM SIGCSE Bulletin; Vol. 38, no. 3).

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Hughes J, Peiris DR. ASSISTing CS1 students to learn: learning approaches and object-oriented programming. In Goldweber M, Salomoni P, editors, ITiCSE06 : Proceedings of the 11th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. New York: Association for Computing Machinery. 2006. p. 275-279. (ACM SIGCSE Bulletin). doi: 10.1145/1140123.1140197

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