CodeMaster - Automatic Assessment and Grading of App Inventor and Snap! Programs

• Published in: Informatics in education Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 117 - 150
• Main Authors: Wangenheim, Christiane Gresse von, Hauck, Jean Carlo Rossa, Demetrio, Matheus Faustino, Pelle, Rafael, Cruz Alves, Nathalia da, Barbosa, Heliziane, Azevedo, Luiz Felipe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vilnius Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla 01.01.2018; Vilnius University Press; Institute of Mathematics and Informatics; Vilnius University Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences; Vilnius University
• Subjects: app inventor; Applications programs; assessment; Automation; Competence; Computation; Computational Thinking; Computer Assisted Testing; Computer Oriented Programs; Computer Science; Computer Software; Course Content; Courseware; Educational Assessment; Educational Technology; Electronic Learning; Elementary Secondary Education; Evaluation; Evaluative Thinking; Feedback; Foreign Countries; Grading; ICT Information and Communications Technologies; Information Science; Learning Activities; Learning Processes; Outcome Measures; Performance Based Assessment; Pretesting; Problem Based Learning; Problem Solving; Program Evaluation; Programming; Programming Languages; Questionnaires; Scoring Rubrics; Snap; Social Sciences; Static code analysis; Students; Summative Evaluation; Syntax; Units of Study; Usability; World Problems; Brazil; computational thinking; app inventor; assessment; grading; Snap; programming

The development of computational thinking is a major topic in K-12 education. Many of these experiences focus on teaching programming using block-based languages. As part of these activities, it is important for students to receive feedback on their assignments. Yet, in practice it may be difficult...