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Computerized adaptive testing in computer science: assessing student programming abilities

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            cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
            ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 25, Issue 1
            March 1993
            307 pages
            ISSN:0097-8418
            DOI:10.1145/169073
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            • cover image ACM Conferences
              SIGCSE '93: Proceedings of the twenty-fourth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
              April 1993
              311 pages
              ISBN:0897915658
              DOI:10.1145/169070
              • Chairmen:
              • Bruce J. Klein,
              • Cary Laxer,
              • Frank H. Young

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