Grouping Beginner´s Programming Ability for Animation Creation Using Cluster Analysis

We have been using animation creation to stimulate students´ interest in programming. We proposed a method to measure a beginner´s programming ability and investigated the animation programs created by these beginners over several years. The function point (FP) and lines of code (LOC) methods were used to quantitatively evaluate the programming ability. In this study, we focused on the relationship between LOC and FP. The LOC/FP indicates the relationship between the number of lines and the number of functions in the program. To investigate the relationship, cluster analysis was used to divide the animations into groups.