{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2215156041","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1509012","title":"Understanding student performance on an algorithm simulation task","display_name":"Understanding student performance on an algorithm simulation task","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-03-03","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2215156041","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1509012","mag":"2215156041"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/1508865.1509012","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1509012","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5052569500","display_name":"Anne Philpott","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1364-211X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39854758","display_name":"Auckland University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01zvqw119","country_code":"NZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39854758"]}],"countries":["NZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Anne Philpott","raw_affiliation_strings":["Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I39854758"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5009735281","display_name":"Tony Clear","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6985-5064"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39854758","display_name":"Auckland University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01zvqw119","country_code":"NZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39854758"]}],"countries":["NZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tony Clear","raw_affiliation_strings":["Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I39854758"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007734757","display_name":"Jacqueline Whalley","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7633-5200"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39854758","display_name":"Auckland University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01zvqw119","country_code":"NZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39854758"]}],"countries":["NZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jacqueline Whalley","raw_affiliation_strings":["Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I39854758"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.4009,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.86932345,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"408","last_page":"412"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9983999729156494,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9983999729156494,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11902","display_name":"Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning","score":0.9639999866485596,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11875","display_name":"Statistics Education and Methodologies","score":0.9544000029563904,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2613","display_name":"Statistics and Probability"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/26","display_name":"Mathematics"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pathfinder","display_name":"Pathfinder","score":0.8437436819076538},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7423629760742188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task","display_name":"Task (project management)","score":0.6721667051315308},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/comprehension","display_name":"Comprehension","score":0.6613267660140991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/program-comprehension","display_name":"Program comprehension","score":0.6287035346031189},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/variety","display_name":"Variety (cybernetics)","score":0.5822857618331909},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/taxonomy","display_name":"Taxonomy (biology)","score":0.5507742166519165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics-education","display_name":"Mathematics education","score":0.4687623679637909},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task-analysis","display_name":"Task analysis","score":0.4317891597747803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.33846503496170044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.3313671350479126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.229765385389328},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.19730594754219055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.1314561665058136},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.1305312216281891},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-system","display_name":"Software system","score":0.11370149254798889},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.07935774326324463},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/systems-engineering","display_name":"Systems engineering","score":0.07099723815917969}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778940482","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7144753","display_name":"Pathfinder","level":2,"score":0.8437436819076538},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7423629760742188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.6721667051315308},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C511192102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5156948","display_name":"Comprehension","level":2,"score":0.6613267660140991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777561058","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2652119","display_name":"Program comprehension","level":4,"score":0.6287035346031189},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136197465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1729295","display_name":"Variety (cybernetics)","level":2,"score":0.5822857618331909},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58642233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8269924","display_name":"Taxonomy (biology)","level":2,"score":0.5507742166519165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.4687623679637909},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175154964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380077","display_name":"Task analysis","level":3,"score":0.4317891597747803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.33846503496170044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.3313671350479126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.229765385389328},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.19730594754219055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.1314561665058136},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.1305312216281891},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149091818","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2429814","display_name":"Software system","level":3,"score":0.11370149254798889},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.07935774326324463},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.07099723815917969},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59822182","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441","display_name":"Botany","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/1508865.1509012","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1509012","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality Education","score":0.8700000047683716}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":16,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W131038430","https://openalex.org/W402101532","https://openalex.org/W598355015","https://openalex.org/W1493861195","https://openalex.org/W1509690428","https://openalex.org/W1594737854","https://openalex.org/W1996945025","https://openalex.org/W2020073275","https://openalex.org/W2020886952","https://openalex.org/W2067858789","https://openalex.org/W2099329300","https://openalex.org/W2116817443","https://openalex.org/W2121993767","https://openalex.org/W2161022936","https://openalex.org/W2199659968","https://openalex.org/W6613898840"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2724855087","https://openalex.org/W2886906914","https://openalex.org/W2884362859","https://openalex.org/W1508879959","https://openalex.org/W2123179197","https://openalex.org/W1995506819","https://openalex.org/W2110798500","https://openalex.org/W2899084096","https://openalex.org/W4386587646","https://openalex.org/W1587566304"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1,45],"extends":[2],"the":[3,6,12,32,40,47,53,59],"work":[4],"of":[5,16,49,55,61],"BRACElet":[7],"project":[8],"[17]":[9],"by":[10],"assessing":[11],"program":[13],"comprehension":[14,34],"skills":[15],"intermediate":[17],"level":[18],"students.":[19],"Student":[20],"performance":[21],"on":[22],"a":[23],"pathfinder":[24],"algorithm":[25],"simulation":[26],"task":[27],"is":[28],"reviewed":[29],"to":[30,39],"assess":[31],"students'":[33],"levels,":[35],"as":[36],"categorized":[37],"according":[38],"SOLO":[41],"educational":[42],"taxonomy.":[43],"The":[44],"describes":[46],"nature":[48],"student":[50,65],"responses,":[51],"and":[52],"variety":[54],"representations":[56],"provided,":[57],"illustrating":[58],"role":[60],"discovery":[62],"in":[63],"effective":[64],"learning.":[66]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}