Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ349699
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Publication Date: 1986
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Identifying Student Characteristics Influencing Success in Introductory Computer Science Courses.
Oman, Paul W.
AEDS Journal, v19 n2-3 p226-33 Win-Spr 1986
Describes a study of 38 students at Eastern Oregon State College which identified mathematics proficiency as the key student characteristic leading to successful completion of computer science courses, and developed a model that accounts for 82 percent of the variation in students' final grades in computer courses for use by advisers. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Analysis of Variance, Computer Science Education, Correlation, Higher Education, Mathematics Skills, Models, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Student Characteristics, Success, Tables (Data)
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Language: English
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