The experiment

The experiment has been conducted at the School of Engineering Design and at the School of Computer Science, both at UPV. It was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences of UPV. Specific details about the experiment are the following:

  • Data Size: 255 students (2160 attendances).
  • Programs: Bachelor in Industrial Design Engineering (IDE), Master in Computer Science Engineering (MCE), Associate degree in Computer Engineering (ACE), Bachelor in Computer Engineering (BCE), and Master of Software Engineering, Formal Methods, and Information Systems (MSEFMIS).
  • Courses: Development of Reliable and Quality Software (DRQS), Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA), Advanced Tools for Software Development (ATSD), Graphical User Interfaces (GUI), Applied Computing (AC), and Programming (PRG). Table 1 provides additional information about the courses, including whether each course corresponds to lecture or practical lessons, mark, degree, number of groups and students involved in the experiment, and number of sessions.
  • Null Hypothesis: There is no relation between the students’ position in the lecture hall and their marks.

Table 1: Data from the groups of the analyzed courses
Type NameYear Degree GroupsStudentsSessions
Lecture DSA 2∘ ACE 2 66 23
Lecture AC 2∘ IDE 1 38 24
Lecture PRG 1∘ BCE 1 23 28
PracticalDRQS 1∘ MSEFMIS 1 5 12
PracticalATSD 5∘ MCE 1 20 12
Practical GUI 3∘ MCE 2 28 12
Practical AC 2∘ IDE 1 36 12
Practical PRG 1∘ BCE 2 39 10