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Data Mining Temporal Work Patterns Of Programming Student Populations, Dale E. Parson, Lori Bogumil, Allison Seidel
Data Mining Temporal Work Patterns Of Programming Student Populations, Dale E. Parson, Lori Bogumil, Allison Seidel
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This paper reports the second stage of a study of the correlations between the temporal work patterns of computer programming students and their success or failure as measured by programming project assignment grades and related metrics. The first stage confirmed the importance for most students of getting an early start on a programming project, and it also uncovered the fact that some student groups perform well with late starts, suggesting the likelihood that they engage in the productive practice of active procrastination. The second most important factor for success is the average length of assignment work sessions. Session lengths from …