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McAllister, Deborah A. – Online Submission, 1994
This dissertation investigates the effects of two different grouping strategies on secondary students concerning their preparation for, and performance at, a computer programming contest. Students were divided into two groups, experimental and control, for a 3-week treatment, followed by the contest. Students in the experimental group became…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Computer Science Education, Programming, Competition