scholarly journals Possibilities for automated programming style assessment in informatics olympiads

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jūratė Skūpienė
Keyword(s):  
Program Quality ◽  
Automated Grading ◽  
Automated Programming ◽  
Programming Courses

Programming Style is an important part of program quality and it should be taken into account while assessing programs designedby competitors in informatics. In InternationalOlympiad in Informatics grading is automated and based on testing results only, while programming style is not taken into account. However there exists practice in universities in programming courses where programming style of submitted programs is evaluated automatically. The paper reviews existing experience and discusses possibilities for automated grading of programming style in informatics olympiads.

Can Program Quality Be Quantified?

1978 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 504-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. Olscamp
Keyword(s):  
Program Quality

Microcomputer utilization in basic programming courses

1978 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
Robert N. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Programming Courses

scholarly journals An AI-Based System for Formative and Summative Assessment in Data Science Courses

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierpaolo Vittorini ◽  
Stefano Menini ◽  
Sara Tonelli
Keyword(s):  
Data Science ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Summative Assessments ◽  
Assessment Activity ◽  
Automated Grading ◽  
Automated Feedback

AbstractMassive open online courses (MOOCs) provide hundreds of students with teaching materials, assessment tools, and collaborative instruments. The assessment activity, in particular, is demanding in terms of both time and effort; thus, the use of artificial intelligence can be useful to address and reduce the time and effort required. This paper reports on a system and related experiments finalised to improve both the performance and quality of formative and summative assessments in specific data science courses. The system is developed to automatically grade assignments composed of R commands commented with short sentences written in natural language. In our opinion, the use of the system can (i) shorten the correction times and reduce the possibility of errors and (ii) support the students while solving the exercises assigned during the course through automated feedback. To investigate these aims, an ad-hoc experiment was conducted in three courses containing the specific topic of statistical analysis of health data. Our evaluation demonstrated that automated grading has an acceptable correlation with human grading. Furthermore, the students who used the tool did not report usability issues, and those that used it for more than half of the exercises obtained (on average) higher grades in the exam. Finally, the use of the system reduced the correction time and assisted the professor in identifying correction errors.

Automated grading assistance for student programs

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 381-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Kay ◽  
Terry Scott ◽  
Peter Isaacson ◽  
Kenneth A. Reek
Keyword(s):  
Automated Grading

scholarly journals Invited viewpoint: teaching programming to students in physical sciences and engineering

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lloyd Cawthorne
Keyword(s):  
Physical Science ◽  
Computer Programming ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
Second Year ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester ◽  
Programming Courses

AbstractComputer programming is a key component of any physical science or engineering degree and is a skill sought by employers. Coding can be very appealing to these students as it is logical and another setting where they can solve problems. However, many students can often be reluctant to engage with the material as it might not interest them or they might not see how it applies to their wider study. Here, I present lessons I have learned and recommendations to increase participation in programming courses for students majoring in the physical sciences or engineering. The discussion and examples are taken from my second-year core undergraduate physics module, Introduction to Programming for Physicists, taught at The University of Manchester, UK. Teaching this course, I have developed successful solutions that can be applied to undergraduate STEM courses.

Program Quality Components related to Youth Civic Engagement

2021 ◽  
pp. 106022
Author(s):  
Jaime Ballard ◽  
Lynne Borden ◽  
Daniel Francis Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Program Quality ◽  
Youth Civic Engagement

Strategic Planning in Emergency Management: Evaluating the Impacts on Local Program Quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Robert Manning
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Program Quality ◽  
County Level ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Local Program

AbstractThis study examined the strategic planning practices of county-level emergency management agencies (EMAs), with a specific focus on strategic planning adoption and its relationship to local program quality. The study utilized a descriptive, cross-sectional survey design to collect planning- and program-related data from more than 300 county-level EMAs across the United States. The study findings revealed that most of the county EMAs included in the final sample had previously engaged in strategic planning activities, with nearly all of them continuing to use strategic planning as part of their general management practice. The study findings further revealed that strategic planning had a direct and significant impact on the overall quality of local emergency management programs, and that the strategic planning EMAs had significantly higher mean quality scores across all program dimensions when compared to the non-strategic planning EMAs.

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