Communications of the ACM · 1985 · 120 citations · 11 references
EducationComputer ScienceEducational AssessmentPerformance AssessmentPerformance MeasurementStandardized TestingComputer Science EducationPerformance-based AssessmentStudent Achievement AnalysisStudent AssessmentStudent ModelingIntroductory Computer ScienceLearner Performance PredictionPredictive Achievement ModelingStandardized Test ScoresStudent Performance AnalysisStudent Performance Data AnalysisStudent Success PredictionUndergraduate Computer Science Education
A group of 269 first-semester freshmen was used to predict both performance in an introductory computer science course and first-semester college grade point average by using information regarding the students' programs and performance in high school along with American College Testing Program (ACT) test scores.
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