Do students SQLify? Improving learning outcomes with peer review and enhanced computer assisted assessment of querying skills

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 276, Issue , 2006, Pages 101-108

  De Raadt, Michael ^a   Dekeyser, Stijn ^a   Lee, Tien Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

computer assisted assessment; databases; peer review; SQL; web based learning

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TOOL; AUTOMATIC ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED ASSESSMENT; DATA BASE THEORY; FEEDBACK TO STUDENTS; IMPROVING LEARNING; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; PEER REVIEW; SQL QUERY; WEB BASED LEARNING; WEB-BASED TOOLS; WRITING SKILLS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; STATE FEEDBACK;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77953507383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1315803.1315821     Document Type: Conference Paper

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