Effectiveness of online assessment

Woit, Denise M.; Mason, David V.

doi:10.1145/611892.611952

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“…Thus, it is possible for students to get a good grade in the course even if they cannot write computer programs without assistance. These observations are similar to the findings in universities elsewhere [1,2].…”

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Experiences in Using an Automated System for Improving Students’ Learning of Computer Programming

Choy

Nazir

Poon

et al. 2005

Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2005

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Abstract. Practical exercises and assignments are an integral part of programming course, which is a core basic skill required in computer science and best learned by doing. For effective learning, assignments have to be inspected and graded carefully but quickly so that students may benefit from the useful and timely feedback. This can be facilitated by automating the process using a specifically designed software system. PASS is such a system being developed in our department. A first version has been pilot run, with very encouraging responses from tutors and students. We observed that with this automated system, students can have their programs tested anytime, anywhere. They are encouraged to practice more without hesitation or embarrassment about their programming mistakes, and thus this learning environment can boost up their motivation to continue the practice of their programming skills. This paper aims at sharing the initial experiences we gained in using this system.

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confidence: 92%

Experiences in Using an Automated System for Improving Students’ Learning of Computer Programming

Choy

Nazir

Poon

et al. 2005

Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2005

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“…Curator was replaced by Web-CAT, demonstrating more timely submission of assignments along with test cases by the students. In 2003, Woit [27] collected data of students for "five consecutive years" comparing their performance on online tests with and without e-assessment tools. He concluded that online assessment gave a more precise indication of student knowledge.…”

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“…In 2005, Higgins [27] proved that over 75% of students' loved the flexibility to re-submit a programming assignment due to use of an e-assessment tool by carrying a survey to test the tool CourseMarker and indicated that. In 2009, GarciaMateos [32] presented Mooshak, and handed over the students a survey asking agreement or disagreement with re-68 PROCEEDINGS OF ICITKM.…”

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E-Assessment Tools for Programming Languages: A Review

Gupta¹,

Gupta²

2018

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

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Abstract-Continuous Evaluation and feedback not only helps in improving learning of a student, but also acts as a constant motivator to put in more efforts. But then, feedback and assessment are very difficult and time consuming in practice. Thus, automating the entire system of assessment, evaluation and feedback will be highly beneficial. But, building such tools for all courses is yet not feasible. However, e-assessment tools for programming courses in Computer Science discipline can be developed. In this paper, we review various grading techniques used by these tools to assess a student's programming assignment. Further, this paper discusses various types and features of tools according to which an appropriate tool should be selected. And, in the end, we will be highlighting the extent to which students and instructors are actually benefited by these tools.

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“…69 Woit stated that weekly online quizzes provided better results than continuous required in-class assignments, but he Page 26.230.5…”

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“…69 The surveys showed that over 75% of students appreciated features only AATs could provide such as multiple attempts. Specifically, most students felt that multiple available submissions encouraged them to work for a higher grade.…”

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Are Automated Assessment Tools Helpful in Programming Courses?

Pettit

Homer

McMurry

et al.

2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings

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Raymond S. Pettit teaches courses in programming, artificial intelligence, objected oriented design, algorithms, theory of computation, and related subjects in ACU's School of Information Technology and Computing. Prior to joining the ACU faculty, he spent twenty years in software development, research, and training the Air Force Research Lab and NASA's Langley Research Center as well as private industry. His current research focuses on how automated assessment tools interact with student learning in university programming courses. Are Automated Assessment Tools Helpful in ProgrammingCourses? AbstractAutomated assessment tools (AATs) are growing in popularity in introductory programming courses, but researchers may have a difficult time synthesizing valid data to draw conclusions about the tools' usefulness. Our first step addressing this issue was to break down our overriding question-are automated assessment tools helpful in programming courses?-into four more specific questions: (1) Have AATs proven to be helpful in improving student learning? (2) Do students think that AATs have improved their performance? (3) After having used the tools, do instructors think that the tools have improved their teaching experiences? and (4) Is the assessment performed by AATs accurate enough to be helpful? In discussing the many AATs that exist, many researchers have only reported results relevant to one or two of these specific questions. We address each of our four questions separately and draw on data from 24 different tools to arrive at our conclusions. We determine that the literature demonstrates AATs helpfulness in student learning, instructor support, and assessment accuracy. However, we found results about students' opinions regarding the helpfulness of AATs to be inconclusive. Given our findings, we make suggestions both for instructors using these tools and to researchers creating them.

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Effectiveness of online assessment

Cited by 26 publications

References 13 publications

Experiences in Using an Automated System for Improving Students’ Learning of Computer Programming

Experiences in Using an Automated System for Improving Students’ Learning of Computer Programming

E-Assessment Tools for Programming Languages: A Review

Are Automated Assessment Tools Helpful in Programming Courses?

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