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Portrait of 2000/01 Part I Assessments, Part 1: Statistical Analysis

Janet Carter, Jill Tardivel, Sally Fincher, Ursula Fuller, Colin Johnson, Janet Linington, and Ian Utting

Technical Report 10-01, University of Kent, Computing Laboratory, University of Kent at Canterbury, August 2001.

Abstract

Every year the CompEd research group has undertaken a "summer reading" project. This year we have undertaken a whole group project which utilises the skills and research techniques relevant to CSEd research.

This statistical analysis is the first in a series of technical reports to disseminate our findings. Its main use is to present a numerical picture of the relationship between assessments, examinations, modules, and overall performance that highlights factors requiring a more in-depth, qualitative approach.

Part 2 of the report will build upon this information and will also involve an analysis of the different approaches to assessment setting between the CS Part I modules and the desired learning outcomes.

Part 3 of the report will draw together the evidence from parts 1 and 2 and will also involve a closer examination of individual students performances tracing their progress both between modules and across different types of assessment. This will be situated within the context of the findings from parts 1 and 2.

The overall aim is to create a taxonomy of assessment.

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Bibtex Record

@techreport{1256,
author = {Janet Carter and Jill Tardivel and Sally Fincher and Ursula Fuller and Colin Johnson and Janet Linington and Ian Utting},
title = {{P}ortrait of 2000/01 {P}art {I} {A}ssessments, {P}art 1: {S}tatistical {A}nalysis},
month = {August},
year = {2001},
pages = {182-196},
keywords = {determinacy analysis, Craig interpolants},
note = {},
doi = {},
url = {http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/pubs/2001/1256},
    publication_type = {techreport},
    submission_id = {15229_999512843},
    number = {10-01},
    address = {University of Kent at Canterbury},
    institution = {University of Kent, Computing Laboratory},
}

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