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The author-mode interface for the ASAG assignment generating system

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ASAG, the Assignment Scheduler, Analyzer and Generator [2], was first developed in 1968. Its purpose was to help fill the gap between computer grading systems and large scale, frame-oriented CAI systems. In particular, it was designed to generate assignments at a level and pace appropriate for each student and, at the same time, to automate assignment checking and record keeping in a mass education environment.

The original system design met these goals, but the manner of implementation imposed some unexpected and undesirable restrictions on both the students and instructors. In order to ease these restrictions, and lay the groundwork for implementing ASAG in other courses, two major revisions have recently been made to the system. The purpose of this paper is to introduce and describe these new ASAG features.

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  1. 1 Allaire, W. P., Design and Implementation of an Author Mode Interface for the ASAG System, Unpublished Master's Thesis, East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan State University, 1974.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  2. 2 Weiner, L. H., ASAG - An Automated Scheduler, Analyzer and Generator, Ph.D. Dissertation, Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University, 1970. (Available from University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan). Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library
  3. 3 Weiner, L. H., "Machine Generation of Assignments for a Mass Education Introductory Programming Course", SIGCSE Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 1 - Papers of the ACM SIGCSE Third Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 1973, pp. 181-185. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library

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      cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
      ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 6, Issue 1
      Proceedings of the 4th SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education
      February 1974
      195 pages
      ISSN:0097-8418
      DOI:10.1145/953057
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        SIGCSE '74: Proceedings of the fourth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
        January 1974
        194 pages
        ISBN:9781450374835
        DOI:10.1145/800183

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