>>>>> "Saeed" == Saeed Dehnadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Saeed> Sue,
Saeed> Simon et al have a paper about spatial visualisation that is
Saeed> worth to have a look. The title is "Predictors of Success in
Saeed> a First Programming Course" and appeared at the Eighth
Saeed> Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2006),
Saeed> Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, January 2006.
The more relevant paper from this study is
@InProceedings{Tolhurst:ACE-2006:213,
author = {D. Tolhurst and B. Baker and J. Hamer and I. Box and R. Lister and
Q. Cutts
and M. Petre and M. de Raadt and A. Robbins and S. Fincher and
Simon and
P. Haden and K. Sutton and M. Hamilton and J. Tutty},
title = {Do map drawing styles of novice programmers predict success in
programming?
A multi-national, multi-institutional study},
booktitle = {{ACE'06} Australasian Computer Society Education Conference},
month = feb,
year = 2006,
pages = {213--222},
series = {Conferences in Research and Practice in Information
Technology},
publisher = {Australian Computer Society},
editor = {D. Tolhurst and S. Mann},
volume = 52
}
I look forward to reading your ITiCSE paper.
Saeed> -----Original Message-----
Saeed> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Saeed> Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Saeed> Sent: 22 March 2007 14:57
Saeed> To: discuss@ppig.org
Saeed> Subject: PPIG discuss: Correlation between the ability to read code
and
Saeed> the ability to write code?
Saeed> I have just had my paper entitled "Spatial skills and
Saeed> navigation of source code" accepted for the ITiCSE
Saeed> conference. One of the questions I have been asked is if
Saeed> spatial ability correlates with program development ability,
Saeed> an area not looked at in my study (I focussed on program
Saeed> comprehension/reading).
Saeed> Does anyone know of any work showing correlations between the
Saeed> ability to read and write code? And if there is any work to
Saeed> show a relationship between WRITING code and
Saeed> navigational/spatial ability?
Saeed> Thanks very much,
Saeed> Sue
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