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Concept mapping for introductory programming Thesis main page Introduction and background     Background: education     Assessment     Background: concept maps   Aims     Competency mapping     Benefits   Method and results     Data sets     Method     Results     Random data   Analysis and conclusions     Factor analysis     Cluster analysis     Methodological problems     A better test     Conclusion   Appendix I: Datasets Appendix II: Activities Appendix III: MDS coordinates Appendix IV: Data generation scripts   Bibliography

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