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Fine-Grained Recording of Student Programming Sessions to Improve Teaching and Time Estimations
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of computer science and media technology (CM), Department of Computer Science. (DISA;DSIQ;DISTA)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5335-5196
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of computer science and media technology (CM), Department of Computer Science. (DISA;DSIQ;DISTA)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1154-5308
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of computer science and media technology (CM), Department of Computer Science. (DISA;DSIQ;DISTA)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1173-5187
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of computer science and media technology (CM), Department of Computer Science. (DISA;DSIQ;DISTA)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0835-823X
2016 (English)In: International Journal of Engineering Education, ISSN 0949-149X, Vol. 32, no 3, p. 1069-1077Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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It is not possible to directly observe how students work in an online programming course. This makes it harder for teachers to help struggling students. By using an online programming environment, we have the opportunity to record what the students actually do to solve an assignment. These recordings can be analyzed to provide teachers with valuable information. We developed such an online programming tool with fine-grained event logging and used it to observe how our students solve problems. Our tool provides descriptive statistics and accurate replays of a student's programming sessions, including mouse movements. We used the tool in a course and collected 1028 detailed recordings. In this article, we compare fine-grained logging to existing coarse-grained logging solutions to estimate assignment-solving time. We find that time aggregations are improved by including time for active reading and navigation, both enabled by the increased granularity. We also divide the time users spent into editing (on average 14.8%), active use (on average 37.8%), passive use (on average 29.0%), and estimate time used for breaks (on average 18.2%). There is a correlation between assignment solving time for students who pass assignments early and students that pass later but also a case where the times differ significantly. Our tool can help improve computer engineering education by providing insights into how students solve programming assignments and thus enable teachers to target their teaching and/or improve instructions and assignments.

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Chicago, IL: Tempus Publications , 2016. Vol. 32, no 3, p. 1069-1077
Keywords [en]
computer science education, learning analytics, educational data mining, computer engineering education
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Computer and Information Sciences
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Computer and Information Sciences Computer Science, Computer Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-55062ISI: 000378700600003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84973569061OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-55062DiVA, id: diva2:949940
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20th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, JUL 06-08, 2015, Vilnius, LITHUANIA
Available from: 2016-07-26 Created: 2016-07-22 Last updated: 2024-05-06Bibliographically approved

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