Comparative Student Experiences on Electronic Examining in a Programming Course - Case C

Anni Rytkönen; Venla Virtakoivu

doi:10.1145/3364510.3364522

Comparative Student Experiences on Electronic Examining in a Programming Course - Case C

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Courses in C programming at two Finnish universities were assessed with electronic exams. In the study setting, two types of electronic exams were used: lecture hall exams and exam studio exams. Student experiences were collected with surveys and interviews, and system data was used for exam statistics. The results were compared between exam types and between universities. The results show that electronic exams are perceived by the students as more realistic and natural in programming exams than traditional pen and paper exams. Thus, electronic exams support the development of working life skills above pen and paper exams. Students in the lecture hall exam described challenges not relevant in the exam studio exam, and on the other hand, students in the exam studio exam described benefits not available in the lecture hall exam. Based on the study, electronic exams are strongly recommended for programming courses using exams for summative assessment. In addition, programming environments are recommended for added authenticity in reflection to working-life skills, and exam studios are recommended because of the added values they provide compared to lecture hall exams.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Koli Calling '19: Proceedings of the 19th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1-10
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-7715-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3364510.3364522
Publication status	Published - 20 Nov 2019
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	Koli Calling - International Conference on Computing Education Research - Koli, Lieksa, Finland Duration: 21 Nov 2019 → 24 Nov 2019 Conference number: 19th https://www.kolicalling.fi/

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Conference	Koli Calling - International Conference on Computing Education Research
Abbreviated title	Koli Calling
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Lieksa
Period	21/11/2019 → 24/11/2019
Internet address	https://www.kolicalling.fi/

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electronic examining
programming course
programming in C

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Rytkönen, A & Virtakoivu, V 2019, Comparative Student Experiences on Electronic Examining in a Programming Course - Case C. in Koli Calling '19: Proceedings of the 19th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research., 17, ACM, pp. 1-10, Koli Calling - International Conference on Computing Education Research, Lieksa, Finland, 21/11/2019. https://doi.org/10.1145/3364510.3364522

Comparative Student Experiences on Electronic Examining in a Programming Course - Case C. / Rytkönen, Anni ; Virtakoivu, Venla.
Koli Calling '19: Proceedings of the 19th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. ACM, 2019. p. 1-10 17.

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