Kowalec, C., & Deorio, A. (2017, June), Partnership Characteristics and Student Performance in an Introductory Computer Science Course  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--28732

\bibitem{asee_peer_28732}
  Kowalec, C., \& Deorio, A. (2017, June), \emph{Partnership Characteristics and Student Performance in an Introductory Computer Science Course}
  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio.
  10.18260/1-2--28732

Charles Kowalec and Andrew Deorio.  "Partnership Characteristics and Student Performance in an Introductory Computer Science Course".  2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2017.  https://peer.asee.org/28732 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_28732}
  Charles Kowalec and Andrew Deorio.
  "Partnership Characteristics and Student Performance in an Introductory Computer Science Course".
  \emph{2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2017.
  https://peer.asee.org/28732 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

@INPROCEEDINGS{asee_peer_28732
author = "Charles Kowalec and Andrew Deorio"
title = "Partnership Characteristics and Student Performance in an Introductory Computer Science Course"
booktitle = "2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition"
year = "2017"
month = "June"
address = "Columbus, Ohio"
publisher = "ASEE Conferences"
note = {https://peer.asee.org/28732}
number = {10.18260/1-2--28732}
}

TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Group work and programming in partnerships have been shown to have a positive effect on student learning in computer science education. As a result, students in introductory computer science courses often work in teams or partnerships. In this paper, we examine the composition of student partnerships on programming projects in an introductory computer science course and its relationship to student performance.

We analyze data from 1,434 students enrolled in an introductory computer science course at a highly ranked public university, collected over one academic year. These data include student group composition, performance on projects and exams, and demographic information.  The course is a second-semester "CS2" programming and introductory data structures course, and is part of the core computer science curriculum for majors and minors. Students had the option to work in partnerships or to work alone on projects.

Our results examine several factors influencing the success of a partnership, including difference in cumulative grade point average (GPA), gender balance, and work habits like starting projects early. After controlling for GPA, we observed an association between starting projects early and increased performance on both exams and projects.  The impact was greatest among those in the lowest GPA quartile, where an early start made the difference between an average final letter grade of C+ (lowest early-start quartile) and B- (highest early-start quartile).

AU  - Charles Kowalec
AU  - Andrew Deorio
CY  - Columbus, Ohio
DA  - 2017/06/24
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Partnership Characteristics and Student Performance in an Introductory Computer Science Course
UR  - https://peer.asee.org/28732
DO  - 10.18260/1-2--28732
ER  -