Math proficiency
- 1 May 1983
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Communications of the ACM
- Vol. 26 (5), 377-382
- https://doi.org/10.1145/69586.358140
Abstract
A computer science aptitude predictor was administered to students enrolled in a first technical course in computer science to determine potential for success. The study revealed significant differences in the scoring between students who withdrew from the course and those students who did not. The causes for the differences all related to the students' mathematical background: high school performance, previous computer science education, and the number of college mathematics courses taken.Keywords
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