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The problem of examination questions in algorithmics

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Algorithmics is a problem solving activity. Examination questions must reflect this nature of the domain. They must lead to open answers, but the specific criteria used in grading these answers must be clearly understood by the students. In this paper, we explain which criteria we use in the context of a course on algorithmics given to first year students in Informatics and in Engineering. Our experience shows that the teaching of very important topics in Computing Science can never be automated.

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          cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
          ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 30, Issue 3
          Sept. 1998
          313 pages
          ISSN:0097-8418
          DOI:10.1145/290320
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            ITiCSE '98: Proceedings of the 6th annual conference on the teaching of computing and the 3rd annual conference on Integrating technology into computer science education: Changing the delivery of computer science education
            August 1998
            315 pages
            ISBN:1581130007
            DOI:10.1145/282991

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