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A Comparative Analysis of Tools & Task Types for Measuring Computational Problem-Solving
Auteur(s)
Bumbacher, Engin  orcid-logo
UER Médias, usages numériques et didactique de l'informatique (MI)  
Brender, Jérôme  
UER Médias, usages numériques et didactique de l'informatique (MI)  
Davis, Richard Lee
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Type
Conférence scientifique
Date de publication
2024-03-14
Langue de la référence
Anglais
Entité HEP
UER Médias, usages numériques et didactique de l'informatique (MI)  
Unité(s) / centre(s) de recherche hors HEP
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Résumé
How to measure students’ Computational Problem-Solving (CPS) competencies is an ongoing research topic. Prevalent approaches vary by measurement tools (e.g., interactive programming, multiple-choice tests, or programming-independent tests) and task types (e.g., debugging problems or Parson problems). However, few studies have examined the measurement tools of CPS competencies themselves: affordances and limitations of the measurement tools and how they compare, or whether different task types might elicit CPS competencies differently. Research needs to address these questions in order to better understand how to design robust, generalizable, and effective measurement tools for CPS competencies. This paper presents an exploratory study that contributes to this research direction. It is part of a larger international project to develop an open-access formative assessment platform for CPS, which includes a novel authoring tool for a wide range of task types for interactive block-based programming. We used the tool to create an interactive programming experience with multiple task types and gave it to more than 300 secondary school students from different countries. We also administered a validated multiple-choice measurement of Computational Thinking with block-based programs. We focused on task complexity as a characteristic of task type, using a classification scheme based on task design features. Comparing students’ performances on tasks of different complexity and using two distinct measurement tools, we found that the multiple-choice measurement only partially predicts performance in the interactive programming task. Additionally, its predictive capacity varies significantly between task types of differing complexity.
DOI
10.1145/3626253.3635547
Portée (nationale / internationale)
Internationale
Nom de la manifestation
SIGCSE 2024
Date(s) de la manifestation
20/03/2024
Ville de la manifestation
Portland
Pays de la manifestation
USA
Portée de la manifestation
internationale
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12162/15904
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