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Hefford, Nigel A.; Keef, Stephen P. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2004
This analysis of gender performance differences in a first-level New Zealand university course in computer science is predicated on the model of academic ability proposed by Charles Spearman, the eminent educational psychologist and statistician. The regression model is based on the theoretical constructs of general academic ability and specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Ability, Multiple Regression Analysis, Evaluation Methods

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