automatically grading small programming assignments
Paddy
paddy3118 at netscape.net
Thu Dec 14 14:16:12 EST 2006
Brian Blais wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a couple of classes where I teach introductory programming using Python. What
> I would love to have is for the students to go through a lot of very small programs,
> to learn the basic programming structure. Things like, return the maximum in a list,
> making lists with certain patterns, very simple string parsing, etc. Unfortunately,
> it takes a lot of time to grade such things by hand, so I would like to automate it
> as much as possible.
>
> I envision a number of possible solutions. In one solution, I provide a function
> template with a docstring, and they have to fill it in to past a doctest. Is there a
> good (and safe) way to do that online? Something like having a student post code,
> and the doctest returns. I'd love to allow them to submit until they get it, logging
> each attempt.
>
> Or perhaps there is a better way to do this sort of thing. How do others who teach
> Python handle this?
>
It might turn out to be a poor substitute for the personal touch,
especially If they are just starting to program.
- Paddy.
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