Relationships between an Early-Stage Spatial Skills Test and Final CS Degree Outcomes

Abstract

Four years ago, the authors' institution conducted a spatial skills test with entry level computing students. At the time of writing, these students have just graduated and some agreed to have their academic record over the course of their programme examined. In particular, we wished to discover whether a spatial skills test taken in the students' first year of study was indicative of their final GPA, whether the correlation between grades and spatial ability in their first year rose or declined over the intervening years and to expose the courses in later years of study which most strongly correlated with spatial ability.

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