Automated assessment in CS

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 52, Issue , 2006, Pages 223-228

  Traynor, Des ^a   Bergin, Susan ^a   Gibson, J Paul ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Assessment; First year programming; Program comprehension

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT; AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES; FIRST YEAR PROGRAMMING; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; TRADITIONAL ASSESSMENT;

AUTOMATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84869022952     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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