NDLI: Testing the perception of time, state and causality to predict programming aptitude

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Leal, J.P.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Author affiliation: DCC, Univ. of Porto, Porto, Portugal (Leal, J.P.)
Abstract	The aim of the research presented in this paper is the development of a novel approach to predict programming aptitude. The existing programming aptitude tests rely on the past academic performance of students, on their psychological features or on a combination of both. The novelty of the proposed approach is that it attempts to measure student capabilities to manipulate abstract concepts that are related with programming, namely time, state and causality. These concepts were captured in OhBalls - a physical simulation of the path taken by a sequence of balls through an apparatus of conveyor belts and levers. An engine for this kind of simulation was implemented and deployed as a web application, creating a self-contained test that was applied to a cohort of first-year undergraduate students to validate the proposed approach. This paper describes the proposed type of programming aptitude test, a software engine implementing it, a validation experiment, discusses the results obtained so far and points out future research.
Starting Page	721
Ending Page	726
File Size	135372
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9788360810521
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-09-08
Publisher Place	Poland
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Polish Information Processing Society
Subject Keyword	Correlation Predictive models Belts Educational institutions Programming profession
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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