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Automatic test-based assessment of programming: A review

Douce, Christopher, Livingstone, David, Orwell, James·2005·Journal on Educational Resources in Computing
DOI 10.1145/1163405.1163409
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Systems that automatically assess student programming assignments have been designed and used for over forty years. Systems that objectively test and mark student programming work were developed simultaneously with programming assessment in the computer science curriculum. This article reviews a number of influential automatic assessment systems, including descriptions of the earliest systems, and presents some of the most recent developments. The final sections explore a number of directions automated assessment systems may take, presenting current developments alongside a number of important emerging e-learning specifications.

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Authors
Douce, C., Livingstone, D., & Orwell, J.
Venue
Journal on Educational Resources in Computing
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Published
2005-09
Volume
5
Issue
3
Pages
4
ISSN
1531-4278 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1145/1163405.1163409
OpenAlex
W2011607672
Cited by
416
References
17
FWCI
17.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.acm.org/publications/policies/copyright_policy#Background (vor)

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