Subsidies to the Integration of Automated Assessment Tools and Learning Management Systems

• Grant number: 15/10670-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: September 16, 2015
• End date: August 15, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computing Methodologies and Techniques
• Principal Investigator: Ellen Francine Barbosa
• Grantee: Draylson Micael de Souza
• Supervisor: Michael Kolling
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Kent, England
• Associated to the scholarship: 12/04352-6 - Subsidies to the Integration of Automated Assessment Tools and Learning Management Systems, BP.DR

Abstract

The benefits of using assessment tools for programming assignments have been widely discussed and spread out in computing education. For this reason, the doctoral project "Subsidies to the Integration of Automated Assessment Tools and Learning Management Systems" (FAPESP 2012/04352-6) aiming at investigating and exploring the integration of assessment tools for programming assignments into LMSs. The idea is to establish mechanisms to minimize the problems associated to the access to and use of such tools, encouraging and facilitating their adoption by both instructors and students. In this sense, a relevant issue concerning the assessment of programming assignments is how to interpret the assessment results. More important than measuring the quality of students' assignments is to understand their difficulties and adopt teaching strategies to minimize the associated problems. Thus, this research project aims to investigating the students' difficulties on learning programming based on the assessment results from assessment tools for programming assignments, as well as observing the students' actions when they are building programs in programming supporting tools. The project will be conducted under supervision of Prof. Michael Köling, at University of Kent, UK. We will consider the programming support tools Greenfoot and Bluej, specially the data collected through the Bluej Blackbox, and the ProgTest assessment tool for programming assignments.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE SOUZA, DRAYLSON MICAEL; KOLLING, MICHAEL; BARBOSA, ELLEN FRANCINE; IEEE. Most Common Fixes Students Use To Improve The Correctness Of Their Programs. 2017 IEEE FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE (FIE), v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2017-01-01. (15/10670-9, 12/04352-6)