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Analyzing the use of a rubric-based grading tool

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Over the years, a lot of research has focused on how to assess programming courses. For programming courses, semiautomatic assessment combining automatic and manual feedback has been shown to be a good solution. In this paper, we will focus on the manual assessment part and analyze the use of a rubrics-based grading tool on larger courses with multiple graders. Our results show that the use of such tools can support objective grading with high-quality feedback with reasonable time usage. Finally, we will give some pointers for teachers intending to adopt such tools on their courses.

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ITiCSE '09: Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
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DOI:10.1145/1562877
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  1. assessment
  2. grading
  3. mass courses
  4. programming
  5. rubrics

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  • (2021)Exploring and Influencing Teacher Grading for Block-based Programs through Rubrics and the GradeSnap ToolProceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research10.1145/3446871.3469762(101-114)Online publication date: 16-Aug-2021
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