Authors
Alireza Ahadi, Raymond Lister
Publication date
2013/8/12
Book
Proceedings of the ninth annual international ACM conference on International computing education research
Pages
123-128
Description
Computing academics report bimodal grade distributions in their CS1 classes. Some academics believe that such a distribution is due to their being an innate talent for programming, a "geek gene". Robins introduced the concept of learning edge momentum, which offers an alternative explanation for the purported bimodal grade distribution. In this paper, we analyze empirical data from a real introductory programming class, looking for evidence of geek genes, learning edge momentum and other possible factors.
Scholar articles
Geek genes, prior knowledge, stumbling points and learning edge momentum: parts of the one elephant?
A Ahadi, R Lister - Proceedings of the ninth annual international ACM …, 2013