Is self-rated confidence a predictor for performance in programming comprehension tasks?

Ahsan, Zubair and Obaidellah, Unaizah Hanum and Danaee, Mahmoud (2022) Is self-rated confidence a predictor for performance in programming comprehension tasks? APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing, 11 (1). ISSN 20487703, DOI https://doi.org/10.1561/116.00000041.

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Abstract

Studies on programming comprehension have focused largely on the type of reading strategies individuals employ. However, quite few programming comprehension studies have focused on the relationship between the self-rated confidence levels and the performance levels of the participants. In this study, our aim was to identify the effect of confidence levels among the participants as they attempt familiar programming questions. Our results indicate that due to familiarity, all participants generally show high confidence levels. High performers demonstrated self-rated high confidence levels as compared to low performers. However, the difference in confidence levels of high and low performers was found non significant. Furthermore, the confidence levels and the performance levels are weakly correlated indicating that confidence levels do not affect the performance levels of this set of participants on the types of questions tested. Moreover, the machine learning algorithms utilized to classify the participants in

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Additional Information: Cited by: 2; All Open Access, Gold Open Access
Uncontrolled Keywords: Computer programming; Learning algorithms; Comprehension tasks; Computer education; Confidence; Confidence levels; Expertise; High confidence; Performance; Performance:level; Programming comprehension; Reading strategies; Machine learning
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics
Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Divisions: Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology
Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology > Department of Artificial Intelligence
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2024 03:50
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2024 03:50
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/43296

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