A comparative analysis of results on programming exams
James Harland, Daryl D’Souza, Margaret Hamilton · RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) · 2013
Measuring student performance on assessments is in- creasingly important, especially when mapping out- comes to particular topics in a university subject. In this paper we investigate the classi cation of exam questions. In particular, we examine the performance of students in two programming subjects, as a means of determining how we can measure the diculty of a particular question. This can not only serve as a calibration for the expectations of instructors about the diculty levels, but also as a means of examining what it means for a question to be considered difficult.