Laboratory Exams in First Programming Courses
Quintin I. Cutts, David J. Barnes, Pete Bibby, James Bown, Vicky J. Bush, Phil Campbell, Sally A. Fincher, Stephan Jamieson, Tony Jenkins, Dimitar Kazakov, Thomas Lancaster, Mark B. Ratcliffe, Monika Seisenberger, Dermot Shinners-Kennedy, Carole Wagstaff, Linda White, Chris Whyley · Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) · 2006
The use of laboratory examinations to test students ' practical programming skills is becoming more common in first programming courses, in particular to counter plagiarism and increase validity. In this paper, we outline and compare 7 such examination techniques used by members of the Disciplinary Commons project. The reliability, validity and scalability of the exams are assessed,