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Fri 17 Mar 2023 16:35 - 17:00 at 701A - Student Success in CS2 Chair(s): Swapneel Sheth

While many studies have focused on students’ performance in CS1 courses, research related to the performance and persistence of students in CS2 classes is not as widely performed. In this work, we will extend our previous work to examine students’ performance in CS2. We examined a dataset that spanned over seven years on more than 5300 student records. In addition to typical factors studied by others (i.e. gender, race, CS1 performance), our work also took into account the impact of various CS1 pathways to CS2, student major, and the number of previous college CS courses (including transfer credits) on student performance in CS2. CS1 grade is a good indicator of performance in CS2. Gender was not a significant factor in determining performance in CS2 and undeclared engineering majors stood out as high performers. CS majors passed the course at higher rates than other majors, but students’ CS1 pathway leading to CS2 was not significant. Our large dataset allowed for more granular analysis according to race and ethnicity and additional access to students’ underserved status. Race and ethnicity had a significant effect on performance, and so did the underserved status. Our large dataset confirmed some of the findings of our previous work, while providing some new insight.

Fri 17 Mar

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15:45 - 17:00
Student Success in CS2Papers at 701A
Chair(s): Swapneel Sheth University of Pennsylvania
15:45
25m
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Implementation and Evaluation of Technical Interview Preparation Activities in a Data Structures and Algorithms CourseIn-Person
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Amanpreet Kapoor University of Florida, USA, Sajani Panchal University of Florida, Christina Gardner-McCune Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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16:10
25m
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Prior Programming Experience: A Persistent Performance Gap in CS1 and CS2In-PersonGlobal
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Giang Bui University of Toronto Mississauga, Naaz Sibia University of Toronto Mississauga, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy University of Toronto, Michael Liut University of Toronto Mississauga, Andrew Petersen University of Toronto
DOI
16:35
25m
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Replication and Expansion Study on Factors Influencing Student Performance in CS2In-Person
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Margaret Ellis Virginia Tech, Sara Hooshangi Virginia Tech
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