Practical programming competencies are critical to the success in computer science (CS)
education and go-to-market of fresh graduates. Acquiring the required level of skills is a long …

Formative feedback, aimed at helping students to improve their work, is an important factor
in learning. Many tools that offer programming exercises provide automated feedback on …

Educational data mining and learning analytics promise better understanding of student
behavior and knowledge, as well as new information on the tacit factors that contribute to …

Online judges are systems designed for the reliable evaluation of algorithm source code
submitted by users, which is next compiled and tested in a homogeneous environment …

Practical programming is one of the basic skills pursued in computer science education. On
programming courses, the coursework consists of programming assignments that need to be …

Context With the rising complexity and scale of software systems, there is an ever-increasing
demand for sophisticated and cost-effective software testing. To meet such a demand, there …

Formative feedback, aimed at helping students to improve their work, is an important factor
in learning. Many tools that offer programming exercises provide automated feedback on …

Different sources of data about students, ranging from static demographics to dynamic
behavior logs, can be harnessed from a variety sources at Higher Education Institutions …

Computer programming lends itself to automated assessment. With appropriate software
tools, program correctness can be measured, along with an indication of quality according to …

Automatically assessing code for learning purposes is a challenging goal to achieve. On-site
courses and online ones developed for distance learning both require automated ways to …