Open Source Projects in Programming Courses - Details
English translation of the QCM (Questionnaire on Current Motivation)
The questionnaire below is an adapted and translated version of the QCM by F. Rheinberg, R. Vollmeyer, and B. D. Burns (F. Rheinberg, R. Vollmeyer, and B. D. Burns. QCM: A questionnaire to assess current motivation in learning situations. Diagnostica, 47:57–66, 2001.)
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| (I) | I enjoy problem solving tasks like the ones that emerge in the project work. | 1:Ο |
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| (S) | I think I can tackle the difficulties of the tasks involved in the project assignment. | 1:Ο |
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| (S) | Probably, I will fail solving the project assignment. | 1:Ο |
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| (I) | What I like about the project assignment is the role of the researcher that discovers connections. | 1:Ο |
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| (A) | I feel pressure having to perform well solving the project assignment. | 1:Ο |
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| (C) | This project assignment is a real challenge for me. | 1:Ο |
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| (I) | After reading the instructions, the project assignment seemed very interesting to me. | 1:Ο |
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| (C) | I am very curious how well I will do in this project. | 1:Ο |
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| (A) | I'm a bit afraid of being embarrassed by my performance in the project. | 1:Ο |
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| (C) | I am determined to work very hard for the project. | 1:Ο |
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| (I) | I enjoy doing the project, I would not need any gratification. | 1:Ο |
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| (A) | Failing the project assignment would embarrass me. | 1:Ο |
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| (S) | I believe everyone can succeed in doing the project. | 1:Ο |
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| (S) | I believe I won't succeed in the project assignment. | 1:Ο |
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| (C) | If I succeed with the project, I will feel a little proud of my proficiency. | 1:Ο |
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| (A) | If I think about the project, I am a bit worried. | 1:Ο |
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| (I) | I would also work on a project like that in my free time. | 1:Ο |
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| (A) | The requirements of the project work paralyze me. | 1:Ο |
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| (C): | Challenge |
| (I): | Interest |
| (S): | Probability of success |
| (A): | Anxiety |
Complementary questions
Below the complementary items concerning the projects are given. Note that some of the items appear only in one of the three questionnaires (distributed at the beginning, the middle, and the end of the course), others appear in two and some appear in all three questionnaires. Together with the item, the means and standard deviation of the answers are given.
| item in all questionnaires |
| item in initial and final questionnaire |
| item in intermediary and final questionnaire |
| item in only one of the questionnaires |
Initial questionnaire
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totally agree |
Mean | Standard deviation | |||||
| P1_1 | I intend to put much effort into the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.91 | .771 |
| P2_1 | I want to get a good grade for the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 4.42 | .752 |
| P3_1 | I expect to learn much by doing the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 4.5080 | .58752 |
| P4_1 | I like doing a project because it involves problem solving and programming. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 4.1588 | .91211 |
| P5_1 | I expect to reuse the acquired knowledge from doing the project professionally or on pet projects. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 4.2858 | .74383 |
| P6_1 | I like working in a team. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 4.0 | .94281 |
| P7_1 (neg) | I don’t expect doing the project will help me understand the theory. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 2.3492 | .99457 |
| P8_1 (neg) | I don’t really have the time to do the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 2.5322 | 1.12289 |
Intermediary questionnaire
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totally agree |
Mean | Standard deviation | |||||
| P1_2 | I already put much effort into the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.44 | .929 |
| P3_2 | I am learning much by doing the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.44 | 1.181 |
| P4_2 | I like doing a project because it involves problem solving and programming. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.88 | .918 |
| P6_2 | I like working in a team. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 4.10 | 1.093 |
| P9_2 | I regularly communicate with the members of my project group. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 4.38 | .855 |
| P10_2 | I regularly communicate with other people from the open source project community. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 2.64 | 1.174 |
| P11_2 | I already started programming for the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 2.90 | 1.594 |
| P12_2 | I already committed code to the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 1.66 | 1.303 |
| P13_2 | I feel responsible to make the project a success. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.72 | 1.031 |
| P14_2 | I focus my efforts on the project to make it happen. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.3266 | .86633 |
| P15_2 | I am ready to invest more than the bare minimum of work for this project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.60 | .969 |
| P16_2 | I am proud to work for this specific open source project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.14 | 1.229 |
| P7_2 (neg) | Doing the project does not help me understand the theory. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.60 | 1.325 |
| P8_2 (neg) | I don’t really have the time to do the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.14 | 1.294 |
| P17_2 | I like doing the open source project assignment. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.64 | 1.005 |
Final questionnaire
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totally agree |
Mean | Standard deviation | |||||
| P1_3 | I put much effort into the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.87 | .806 |
| P18_3 | I put much effort into the project because I wanted a good grade. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.32 | 1.077 |
| P19_3 | I put much effort into the project, because I can add it to my cv (Lebenslauf). | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 1.87 | .922 |
| P20_3 | I put much effort into the project, because it was interesting. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.90 | 1.165 |
| P21_3 | I put much effort into the project, because it was a real life experience. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.52 | 1.208 |
| P2_3 | I will get a good grade for the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.94 | .814 |
| P3_3 | I learned much by doing the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 4.10 | .908 |
| P4_3 | I liked doing the project because it involved problem solving and programming. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 4.03 | .984 |
| P5_3 | I expect to reuse the acquired knowledge from the project professionally or on pet projects. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.8668 | 1.02415 |
| P6_3 | I liked working in a team. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 4.16 | 1.157 |
| P9_3 | I regularly communicated with the members of my project group. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 4.65 | .877 |
| P10_3 | I regularly communicated with other people from the open source project community. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 2.37 | 1.129 |
| P13_3 | I made the project a success. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.53 | .973 |
| P14_3 | I focused my efforts on the project to make it happen. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.67 | .802 |
| P15_3 | I invested more than the bare minimum of work for the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 4.00 | 1.017 |
| P16_3 | I am proud of having worked for this specific open source project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 4.00 | 1.145 |
| P22_3 | I felt part of the open source community. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 2.90 | 1.322 |
| P7_3 (neg) | Doing the project did not help me understand the theory. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 2.93 | 1.230 |
| P8_3 (neg) | I did not have the time to do the project. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 1.97 | .928 |
| P17_3 | I liked doing the open source project assignment. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.90 | 1.062 |
| P23_3 | I will continue working for the open source project after the course is over. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.03 | 1.474 |
| P24_3 | If the project would have been optional, I would still have done it. | 1:Ο |
2:Ο |
3:Ο |
4:Ο |
5:Ο | 3.03 | 1.377 |