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Lessons from on-line programming examinations

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We have been using a combination of conventional and on-line programming examinations for the past 3 years in our first year programming courses. We plan to continue using on-line components because of the positive feedback from both students and faculty. We describe the operational and pedagogical lessons we have learned, illustrating problems encountered and our solutions, in the hope that others considering on-line examinations may also benefit from our experiences.

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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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