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Testing skills and knowledge: introducing a laboratory exam in CS1

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SIGCSE '02: Proceedings of the 33rd SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/563340.563425

Published: 27 February 2002 Publication History

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Testing students' programming skills remains a challenge for courses that teach beginning programming. This paper describes the introduction of a laboratory final examination into a CS1 course. We present our approach to a lab final and present initial evidence indicating the effectiveness of the lab final. We also describe the problems encountered and solutions to those problems, which may benefit others interested in instituting a similar exam.

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SIGCSE '02: Proceedings of the 33rd SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

February 2002

471 pages

ISBN:1581134738

DOI:10.1145/563340

Conference Chairs:
Judith Gersting
University of Hawaii at Hilo
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Henry M. Walker
Grinnell College
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Scott Grissom
Grand Valley State University

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 34, Issue 1
Inroads: paving the way towards excellence in computing education
March 2002
417 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/563517
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