Experiences on Automatically Assessed Algorithm Simulation Exercises with Different Resubmission Policies

ACM Journal on Educational Resources in Computing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 7-

  Malmi, Lauri ^a   Karavirta, Ville ^a   Korhonen, Ari ^a   Nikander, Jussi ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

algorithm simulation; Algorithms; Automatic assessment; Human Factors; resubmission

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM SIMULATION; AUTOMATIC ASSESSMENT; RESUBMISSION;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33749345218     PISSN: 15314278     EISSN: 15314278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1163405.1163412     Document Type: Article

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