Intention-based scoring: An approach to measuring success at solving the composition problem

Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 373-377

  Lane, H Chad ^a   VanLehn, Kurt ^b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Intelligent tutoring systems; Intention based scoring; Novice programming; Online protocols; Structured programming

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEMS; INTENTION-BASED SCORING; NOVICE PROGRAMMING; ONLINE-PROTOCOLS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 20444473480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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