Development and Application of a Rasch Model Measure of Student Competency in University Introductory Computer Programming
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Open access
Authors
Waheed, Leela
Date
2018Supervisor
Prof. Rob Cavanagh
Type
Thesis
Award
EdD
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Humanities
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Education
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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.