Computer assisted assessment of diagrams

ITiCSE 2007: 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - Inclusive Education in Computer Science

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 68-72

  Thomas, Pete G ^a   Smith, Neil ^a   Waugh, Kevin G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic marking; Diagrams; Feedback

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STUDENTS;

ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS; AUTOMATIC MARKING; COMPUTER INTERPRETATION; GRAPH-BASED DIAGRAMS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 34548093981     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1268784.1268806     Document Type: Conference Paper

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