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Is automatic evaluation useful for the maturity programming exam?

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The optional maturity programming exam is considered as an outcome of the secondary curriculum on information technologies in Lithuania. The most important part of the exam is the evaluation of the students' programs. A special application was developed for automatic and manual evaluation of programs. It evaluates program correctness, programming constructs and style. The application proposes a score to evaluators who make the final decision. A comparison of evaluations shows potency in this area.

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Koli '08: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computing Education Research
November 2008
127 pages
ISBN:9781605583853
DOI:10.1145/1595356
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  1. automatic evaluation
  2. programming examination
  3. programming style

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  • (2011)Semi-automatic testing of program codes in the high school student maturity examProceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies10.1145/2023607.2023701(564-569)Online publication date: 16-Jun-2011
  • (2010)Observations from semi-automatic testing of program codes in the high school student maturity examProceedings of the 10th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research10.1145/1930464.1930468(31-36)Online publication date: 28-Oct-2010

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