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Language performance at high school and success in first year computer science

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Rauchas, S; Rosman, B; Konidaris, G; Sanders, I
Published in: Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
December 1, 2007

We describe the first part of a study investigating the usefulness of high school language results as a predictor of success in first year computer science courses at a university where students have widely varying English language skills. Our results indicate that contrary to the generally accepted view that achievement in high school mathematics courses is the best individual predictor of success in undergraduate computer science, success in English at the first-language level in high school correlates better with actual performance. We discuss the implications of this for universities whose medium of teaching is English, operating in social contexts where many students are not native English speakers. Copyright 2006 ACM.

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Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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Rauchas, S., Rosman, B., Konidaris, G., & Sanders, I. (2007). Language performance at high school and success in first year computer science. Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 398–402. https://doi.org/10.1145/1121341.1121467
Rauchas, S., B. Rosman, G. Konidaris, and I. Sanders. “Language performance at high school and success in first year computer science.” Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, December 1, 2007, 398–402. https://doi.org/10.1145/1121341.1121467.
Rauchas S, Rosman B, Konidaris G, Sanders I. Language performance at high school and success in first year computer science. Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. 2007 Dec 1;398–402.
Rauchas, S., et al. “Language performance at high school and success in first year computer science.” Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Dec. 2007, pp. 398–402. Scopus, doi:10.1145/1121341.1121467.
Rauchas S, Rosman B, Konidaris G, Sanders I. Language performance at high school and success in first year computer science. Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. 2007 Dec 1;398–402.

Published In

Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

DOI

Publication Date

December 1, 2007

Start / End Page

398 / 402