Semi-automated tool for providing effective feedback on programming assignments

• Main Authors: BEH, Min Yan, GOTTIPATI, Swapna, LO, David, SHANKARARAMAN, Venky
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Automated grading; effective feedback; programming assignments; clustering; Computer Sciences; Educational Methods; Higher Education
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3748; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4750/viewcontent/Semi_AutomatedTool_Feedback_ICCE_2016_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Human grading of introductory programming assignments is tedious and error-prone, hence researchers have attempted to develop tools that support automatic assessment of programming code. However, most such efforts often focus only on scoring solutions, rather than assessing whether students correctl...