A taxonomy of task types in computing

Abstract

Based on the systematic development of a curriculum for our undergraduate computer science units, an analysis of general education and CSE literature and consultation with other computer science educators, a taxonomy of task types in computing is proposed. These task types are related to one another in a hierarchical fashion based on their cognitive interdependencies. The taxonomy can be applied by academics to guide the development of curriculum that meets student process based learning needs rather than just content needs, the latter being the current norm.

Guiding students to the right questions: adaptive navigation support in an E‐Learning system for Java programming

“…In a taxonomy of task types in computing, questions generated by QuizJET belong to the group of prediction tasks (Bower 2008). These tasks are becoming increasingly popular in various computing-related courses (Malmi et al 2005;Kumar 2005a;Myller 2006).…”

Classification of Programming Tasks According to Required Skills and Knowledge Representation

“…This list is fairly complete as the comparison with deductively derived types shows. For example, every type presented in [4] or [14] is transferable to our classification, provided that it refers to programming tasks.…”

“…Bower describes in [4] a taxonomy of task types in computing, deductively derived from curricula and literature and verified by experts. Hazzan et al in [14] and Ragonis in [19], where she published the question types from [14] for the olympiads in informatics, present deductively derived questions as a resource for teachers.…”