Cognitive style, personality type, and learning ability as factors in predicting the success of the beginning programming student

Abstract

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Group Embedded Figures Test, the Learning Style Inventory, and a Type A-B Questionnaire were administered to introductory COBOL students along with marketing students to determine if results from these instruments would improve the predictability of student success in computer science. Demographic data was also gathered on the 83 subjects similarly to prior studies. No significant new findings were found in this study; the strongest variable was a student's major grade point average.