Abstract
In computer science, an expected outcome of a student's education is programming skill. This working group investigated the programming competency students have as they complete their first one or two courses in computer science. In order to explore options for assessing students, the working group developed a trial assessment of whether students can program. The underlying goal of this work was to initiate dialog in the Computer Science community on how to develop these types of assessments. Several universities participated in our trial assessment and the disappointing results suggest that many students do not know how to program at the conclusion of their introductory courses. For a combined sample of 216 students from four universities, the average score was 22.89 out of 110 points on the general evaluation criteria developed for this study. From this trial assessment we developed a framework of expectations for first-year courses and suggestions for further work to develop more comprehensive assessments.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 125-140 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
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| State | Published - 1 Dec 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Working Group Reports from 6th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE-WGR 2001 - Canterbury, United Kingdom Duration: 25 Jun 2001 → 27 Jun 2001 |
Conference
| Conference | Working Group Reports from 6th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE-WGR 2001 |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Canterbury |
| Period | 25/06/01 → 27/06/01 |