Development and Application of a Rasch Model Measure of Student Competency in University Introductory Computer Programming

Waheed, Leela

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Open access

Authors

Waheed, Leela

Date

2018

Supervisor

Prof. Rob Cavanagh

Type

Thesis

Award

EdD

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Faculty

Humanities

School

Education

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70513

Collection

Curtin Theses

Abstract

University computer programming instruction nomenclature commonly uses the term Computer Science 1 (CS1) to describe introductory units of study. Success in CS1 is important as a pre-requisite for further study in programming and related disciplines. It is important to measure student progress and the antecedent influences. This study applied the Rasch Model and Messick’s Unified Theory of Validity to construct an interval level measure of CS1 competency with demonstrable suitability for this purpose.