Syntax error based quantification of the learning progress of the novice programmer

Alireza Ahadi; Raymond Lister; Luke Mathieson

doi:10.1145/3197091.3197121

Syntax error based quantification of the learning progress of the novice programmer

Alireza Ahadi, Raymond Lister, Luke Mathieson

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Abstract

Recent data-driven research has produced metrics for quantifying a novice programmer’s error profile, such as Jadud’s error quotient. However, these metrics tend to be context dependent and contain free parameters. This paper reviews the caveats of such metrics and proposes a more general approach to developing a metric. The online implementation of the proposed metric is publicly available at http://online-analysis-demo.herokuapp.com/.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ITiCSE 2018
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Editors	Irene Polycarpou, Janet C. Read, Panayiotis Andreou, Michal Armoni
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	10-14
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450357074
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3197091.3197121
Publication status	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2018 - Larnaca, Cyprus Duration: 2 Jul 2018 → 4 Jul 2018

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Conference	23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2018
Country/Territory	Cyprus
City	Larnaca
Period	2/07/18 → 4/07/18

Keywords

programming
replication
semantic errors
syntactic errors
student mistakes

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Ahadi, A., Lister, R., & Mathieson, L. (2018). Syntax error based quantification of the learning progress of the novice programmer. In I. Polycarpou, J. C. Read, P. Andreou, & M. Armoni (Eds.), ITiCSE 2018: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 10-14). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3197091.3197121

Ahadi, Alireza ; Lister, Raymond ; Mathieson, Luke. / Syntax error based quantification of the learning progress of the novice programmer. ITiCSE 2018: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. editor / Irene Polycarpou ; Janet C. Read ; Panayiotis Andreou ; Michal Armoni. New York, NY : Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. pp. 10-14

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Ahadi, A, Lister, R & Mathieson, L 2018, Syntax error based quantification of the learning progress of the novice programmer. in I Polycarpou, JC Read, P Andreou & M Armoni (eds), ITiCSE 2018: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, pp. 10-14, 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2018, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2/07/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3197091.3197121

Syntax error based quantification of the learning progress of the novice programmer. / Ahadi, Alireza; Lister, Raymond; Mathieson, Luke.
ITiCSE 2018: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. ed. / Irene Polycarpou; Janet C. Read; Panayiotis Andreou; Michal Armoni. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. p. 10-14.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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Ahadi A, Lister R, Mathieson L. Syntax error based quantification of the learning progress of the novice programmer. In Polycarpou I, Read JC, Andreou P, Armoni M, editors, ITiCSE 2018: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery. 2018. p. 10-14 doi: 10.1145/3197091.3197121

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