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Paper-based vs computer-based exams in CS1

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Vesa Lappalainen,

Antti-Jussi Lakanen,

Harri HögmanderAuthors Info & Claims

Koli Calling '16: Proceedings of the 16th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research

Pages 172 - 173

https://doi.org/10.1145/2999541.2999565

Published: 24 November 2016 Publication History

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In this study, we examine the "test mode effect" in CS1 exam using the Rainfall problem. The participants started working with pen and paper, after which they had access to a computer, and they could rework their solution with a help of a test suite developed by the authors. In the computer- based phase many students were able to fix the errors that they had committed during the paper-based phase. These errors included well-known corner cases, such as empty array or division by zero.

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Koli Calling '16: Proceedings of the 16th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research

November 2016

189 pages

ISBN:9781450347709

DOI:10.1145/2999541

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Monash University, Australia
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University of Eastern Finland, Finland

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