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Relationship between perceived problem-solving skills and academic performance of novice learners in introductory programming courses Veerasamy, A, D'Souza, D, Linden, R and Laakso, M 2019, 'Relationship between perceived problem-solving skills and academic performance of novice learners in introductory programming courses', Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 246-255. Document type: Journal Article Collection: Journal Articles Title Relationship between perceived problem-solving skills and academic performance of novice learners in introductory programming courses Author(s) Veerasamy, A D'Souza, D Linden, R Laakso, M Year 2019 Journal name Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Volume number 35 Issue number 2 Start page 246 End page 255 Total pages 10 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Abstract Past research has shown that student problem-solving skills may be used to determine student final exam performance. This study reports on the relationship between student perceived problem-solving skills and academic performance in introductory programming, in formative and summative programming assessment tasks. We found that the more effective problem solvers achieved better final exam scores. There was no significant difference in formative assessment performances between effective and poor problem solvers. It is also possible to categorize students on the basis of problem-solving skills, in order to exploit opportunities to improve learning around constructivist learning theory. Finally, our study identified transferability skills and the study may be extended to identify the impact of problem solving transfer skills on student problem solving for programming. Subject Information Systems not elsewhere classified Keyword(s) assessment tasks learning transfer problem-based learning constructive alignment problem-solving in programming DOI - identifier 10.1111/jcal.12326 Copyright notice © 2018 John Wiley & Sons ISSN 0266-4909 Related Links Link Description https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12326 Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 30 Apr 2019, 14:54:51 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in Thomson Reuters Web of Science Article Cited 0 times in Scopus Article Altmetric details: Access Statistics: 8 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 29 Apr 2019, 13:04:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator