@inproceedings{6c0241986a6147a99c5dbe5197f7a192,
title = "Learning loops: A replication study illuminates impact of HS courses",
abstract = "A recent study about the effectiveness of subgoal labeling in an introductory computer science programming course both supported previous research and produced some puzzling results. In this study, we replicate the experiment with a different student population to determine if the results are repeatable. We also gave the experimental task to students in a follow-on course to explore if they had indeed mastered the programming concept. We found that the previous puzzling results were repeated. In addition, for the novice programmers, we found a statistically significant difference in performance based on whether the student had previous programming courses in high school. However, this performance difference disappears in a follow-on course after all students have taken an introductory computer science programming course. The results of this study have implications for how quickly students are evaluated for mastery of knowledge and how we group students in introductory programming courses.",
keywords = "Cognitive Load, Contextual Transfer, Subgoal labels",
author = "Morrison, {Briana B.} and Adrienne Decker and Margulieux, {Lauren E.}",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank the students who participated in the study and their instructors who graciously gave us the time. We also thank the anonymous reviewers who supplied comments which improved this paper. This work is funded in part by the National Science Foundation under grant 1138378. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.; 12th Annual International Computing Education Research Conference, ICER 2016 ; Conference date: 08-09-2016 Through 12-09-2016",
year = "2016",
month = aug,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1145/2960310.2960330",
language = "English (US)",
series = "ICER 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
pages = "221--230",
booktitle = "ICER 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research",
}