students with those of more advanced students also suggests how progress through the curriculum changes student beliefs and whether such change is toward or away from what faculty believe.

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We gathered 38 survey items from
four sources: the Colorado Learning
Analysis Survey for physics, 1 selected
on the grounds they were relevant (or
relevant with small changes) to CS; an
interview study of student attitudes
toward group work in the CS curricu-
lum16; faculty suggestions on student
attitudes causing them concern; and
Carol Dweck’s work7 on student atti-
tudes about the roles of aptitude and
effort in academic success.