TY - CHAP
T1 - New metrics for automated programming assessment
AU - Hung, Sheung-Lun
AU - Kwok, Lam-For
AU - Chung, Arthur
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - This paper describes a new automated programming assessment metrics which improves the assessment scheme proposed by Michael Rees. The metrics enhance the efficiency of program assessment and also reduce the assessment's subjective aspect to a minimum. An empirical study was held to study the performance of the assessment method based on six major software metrics. The software metrics include those which measure development effort, program reliability, size, data structure, logic structure, programming style and the execution efficiency of programs. An automated assessment tool called ASSESS was developed to capture data from students' submitted program assignments into a measurement database and perform the required analysis to produce graphical outputs. To increase the descriptive power of some of the metrics, several extensions were introduced to the definitions of some of the metrics. The assessment results show that students' programming skills can be differentiated using the new metrics. Using ASSESS assessment of computer programs can be facilitated.
AB - This paper describes a new automated programming assessment metrics which improves the assessment scheme proposed by Michael Rees. The metrics enhance the efficiency of program assessment and also reduce the assessment's subjective aspect to a minimum. An empirical study was held to study the performance of the assessment method based on six major software metrics. The software metrics include those which measure development effort, program reliability, size, data structure, logic structure, programming style and the execution efficiency of programs. An automated assessment tool called ASSESS was developed to capture data from students' submitted program assignments into a measurement database and perform the required analysis to produce graphical outputs. To increase the descriptive power of some of the metrics, several extensions were introduced to the definitions of some of the metrics. The assessment results show that students' programming skills can be differentiated using the new metrics. Using ASSESS assessment of computer programs can be facilitated.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0027721205
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/pubmetrics.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0027721205&origin=recordpage
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-444-81597-2.50030-9
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-444-81597-2.50030-9
M3 - RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author)
SN - 044481597X
SN - 9780444815972
T3 - IFIP Transactions A: Computer Science and Technology
SP - 233
EP - 243
BT - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EDUCATION
A2 - BARTA, B.Z.
A2 - HUNG, S.L.
A2 - COX, K.R.
PB - Elsevier
CY - Amsterdam
T2 - IFIP WG3.4/SEARCC SRIG on Education and Training Working Conference
Y2 - 28 September 1993 through 2 October 1993
ER -