Year Mean Mark(%) Change from Before 2013-17( before) 58.32 N / A 2017-18( after) 72.39 14.08 2018-19( after) 77.56 19.24
Table 3: The effects of the changes to the module on the student marks for the‘ Program Design’ assignment. Results for students who did not engage with one or more assignments are not included in the analysis.
Year |
Mean Mark(%) |
Change from Before |
2013-15( before) |
58.32 |
N / A |
2015-16( after) |
69.37 |
13.72 |
2016-17( after) |
65.29 |
9.65 |
2017-18( after) |
71.01 |
15.37 |
Table 4: The effects of the changes to the module on the student marks for the exam. Results for students who did not engage with one or more assignments are not included in the analysis.
Assignment |
N Before |
N After |
Mean Before |
Mean After |
P Value |
H & S Tasks |
34 |
43 |
57.02 |
76.38 |
0.0002 |
Program Design |
57 |
35 |
58.32 |
75.05 |
0.0001 |
Exam |
13 |
61 |
55.64 |
68.33 |
0.0175 |
Table 5: The number of samples N, mean marks and P values obtained for each assessment before and after the module changes using an unpaired t test. Note that the‘ Range of Hardware and Software Tasks’ results for the 2016-17 cohort are not included in‘ before’ due to changes in the assessment caused by unexpected staff absence that year. Results for students who did not engage with one or more assignments are not included in the analysis. Results for 2018-19 were only available for the‘ Range of Hardware and Software Tasks’ and‘ Program Design’.
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