Automated Feedback for "Fill in the Gap" Programming Exercises

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 42, Issue , 2005, Pages 117-126

  Truong, Nghi ^a   Roe, Paul ^a   Bancroft, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated testing; Black box; Dynamic analysis; Fill in the gap; Instant feedback; Java C ; White box; XML

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED TESTING; BLACK BOXES; FILL IN THE GAP; JAVA C; WHITE BOX;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; WEB SERVICES; XML;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84873515081     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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