Collection

2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Kennedy Angel Gomez, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Aaron Dewey, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

, the computer science pre-requisite course for ARCE352. Despite this prior coding experience, 21 (75%) of the students were first introduced toPython in junior year through ARCE 352.Figure 1 summarizes responses from a series of 5-point Likert scale questions related to studentconfidence on various Python skills from ARCE 352-354. For the survey questions presented inFigures 1-3, students could select “N/A = I do not recall learning this topic (or using thislibrary)”, the average response shown in the figures are only for students that provided a ranking. Figure 1. Pre-Project Student Survey: Confidence on Python Topics (1 = Very Not Confident, 3 = Neutral, 5 = Very Confident)Of the Python topics in Figure 1