Research into the relationship between learning computing and students' attitudes, beliefs,
and emotions often builds on theoretical frameworks from the social sciences in order to …

Spatial abilities have been shown to have high predictability in students' success in STEM
related fields. Studies have also shown that there is a correlation between students' spatial …

With the increasing prevalence and significance of computer programming, a crucial
challenge that lies ahead of teachers and parents is to identify students adept at computer …

Four years ago, the authors' institution conducted a spatial skills test with entry level
computing students. At the time of writing, these students have just graduated and some …

Motivation Prior studies have established that training spatial skills may improve outcomes
in computing courses. Very few of these studies have, however, explored the impact of …

Understanding how to best support and train novice programmers is a critical component of
producing better and more diverse software engineers. In this paper, we present the results …

Background and Context. With increasing efforts to bring computing education opportunities
into elementary schools, there is a growing need for assessments, with arguments for …

Understanding the relationship between cognition and programming outcomes is important:
it can inform interventions that help novices become experts faster. Neuroimaging …

We present a psychometric evaluation of a revised version of the Cybersecurity Concept
Inventory (CCI), completed by 354 students from 29 colleges and universities. The CCI is a …

Validated instruments of knowledge are important for creating an accepted and shared
measurement for the most important part of education–student learning. The Force Concept …