Repertory grid: investigating personal constructs of novice programmers

Resource type
Author/contributor
Title
Repertory grid: investigating personal constructs of novice programmers
Abstract
In this paper, the repertory grid is presented as a technique to explore novice programmers' experiences within the context of an action research project. The theoretical and methodological aspects of the technique are discussed. The findings from the technique that combined quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods are provided. These findings relate to the learning process, learning content, and learning support as experienced by the students in an introductory object-oriented programming course. The repertory grid technique is then appraised for its relevance and usefulness to the project, and for its contribution to the diversity of computer science research methods. Insights gained from the use of the technique are shared with the community of computer science educators.
Date
November 17, 2011
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research
Place
New York, NY, USA
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Pages
23–32
Series
Koli Calling '11
DOI
10.1145/2094131.2094137
ISBN
978-1-4503-1052-9
Short Title
Repertory grid
Accessed
2023-04-11
Library Catalog
ACM Digital Library
Citation
Thota, N. (2011). Repertory grid: investigating personal constructs of novice programmers. Proceedings of the 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 23–32. https://doi.org/10.1145/2094131.2094137