Students’ Responses to Open-Ended Questions on Computing Pioneers in COS101: Introduction to Computing at FUHSO, Nigeria

This dataset contains responses from <b>225 students</b> enrolled in <b>COS101: Introduction to Computing Science</b> at the <b>Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo (FUHSO), Nigeria</b>. The dataset was collected to assess students' understanding of key historical figures in computing.Students were asked to answer <b>three open-ended questions</b> via <b>Google Forms</b>, focusing on the contributions of:<b>Ada Lovelace</b> – Her work on the <b>Analytical Engine</b> and contributions to early programming.<b>John von Neumann</b> – His role in shaping <b>modern computer architecture</b> through the <b>von Neumann architecture</b>.<b>John Presper Eckert &amp; John W. Mauchly</b> – Their contributions to the development of <b>ENIAC</b>, one of the earliest electronic computers.The dataset is stored in a <b>CSV file</b> with the following structure:<b>SN</b>: Serial number assigned after de-identification of students' original matriculation numbers.<b>Q1</b>: Students' responses to Ada Lovelace's contribution.<b>Q2</b>: Students' responses to John von Neumann's contribution.<b>Q3</b>: Students' responses to Eckert &amp; Mauchly's contribution.Each response was <b>evaluated against predefined correct answers</b> using a <b>semantic similarity</b> scoring approach, assigning scores based on relevance and accuracy.This dataset can be useful for <b>natural language processing (NLP) research</b>, <b>automated grading systems</b>, <b>educational analytics</b>, and <b>assessing students' understanding of historical computing concepts</b>.