Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Raley, John B.
URN	etd-4324161499612871
Title	Factors Affecting the Programming Performance of Computer Science Students
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Computer Science
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Barnette, N. Dwight Henry, Sallie M. Shaffer, Clifford A. Committee Chair
Keywords	programmer performance application frameworks software metrics
Date of Defense	1996-10-11
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Two studies of factors affecting the programming performance of first- and second year Computer Science students were conducted. In one study students used GIL, a simple application framework, for their programming assignments in a second-semester programming course. Improvements in student performance were realized. In the other study, students submitted detailed logs of how time was spent on projects, along with their programs. Software metrics were computed on the students' source code. Correlations between student performance and the log data and software metric data were sought. No significant indicators of performance were found, even with factors that are commonly expected to indicate performance. However, results from previous research concerning variations in individual programmer performance and relationships between software metrics were obtained.
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