Journal article
Comparison of manual and automated marking of student programs
Abstract
Experiments are described with Automark, a prototype software package designed to mark student programs written in fortran-77. Correlations among marks assigned by Automark, student markers, and (presumably expert) instructors are analyzed. When the automark parameters are set to emphasize economy, modularity, simplicity and structure, a negative correlation with student marking is found; on the other hand, student marking correlates positively …
Authors
Fleming W; Redish K; Smyth W
Journal
Information and Software Technology, Vol. 30, No. 9, pp. 547–552
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
11 1988
DOI
10.1016/0950-5849(88)90133-4
ISSN
0950-5849