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Examining Interest and Grades in Computer Science 1: A Study of Pedagogy and Achievement Goals

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Zingaro, Daniel
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Computer Science 1 (CS1), the first course taken by college-level computer science (CS) majors, has traditionally suffered from high failure rates. Efforts to understand this phenomenon have considered a wide range of predictors of CS success, such as prior programming experience, math ability, learning style, and gender, with findings that are suggestive but inconclusive. The current quasiexperimental study extends this research by exploring how the pedagogical approach of the course (traditional lecture vs. Peer Instruction (PI) and clickers) in combination with student achievement goals (mastery goals vs. performance goals) relates to exam grades, interest in the subject matter, and course enjoyment. The research revealed that students with performance goals scored significantly lower on final exams in both the lecture and PI conditions. However, students with performance goals reported higher levels of subject matter interest when taught through PI. Students with mastery goals, in both conditions, scored significantly higher on the final exam, had higher levels of interest, and reported higher levels of course enjoyment than their performance-oriented counterparts. The results suggest that PI may improve the level of subject-matter interest for some students, thereby indicating the importance of studying pedagogical approach as we seek to understand student outcomes in CS1.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	18
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
e-ISSN	19466226
DOI	10.1145/2802752
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	3
Journal	ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE)
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2015-07-28
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	CS1 Achievement goals Peer instruction
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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