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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