DocumentCode :
2838826
Title :
Estimated and Actual Performance Scores on Computer Programming Tasks
Author :
Pioro, B.T.
Author_Institution :
North Carolina A&T State University
fYear :
2004
fDate :
26-29 March 2004
Firstpage :
400
Lastpage :
404
Abstract :
This study examined estimated scores and actual scores on completed test problems obtained from the final exam questions in a computer programming course. The programming tasks involved ten multiple choice questions and three programming problems. The problems were designed within the framework of the skill-rule-knowledge model of human performance. Twenty five engineering and computer science students took the final exam. The analyses of data show significant differences in selfassessment of performance between the high-performing students and the low-performing students. The paper suggests that the student¿s ability to assess his or her own performance on the practice problems is strongly related to the actual performance on tests and exams. The paper also suggests that the tutoring programs for SMET courses should address the learning skills of individual students and, specifically, the students¿ self-assessment skills.
Keywords :
Application software; Computer languages; Computer science; Data analysis; Humans; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Programming; State estimation; Testing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
SoutheastCon, 2004. Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8368-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.2004.1287950
Filename :
1287950
Link To Document :
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