An integrated package for assessment of student assignments in software engineering

Author

Collier, Michael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Zimbabwe Univ, Harare, Zimbabwe

fYear

1992

fDate

22-24 Sep 1992

Firstpage

552

Lastpage

555

Abstract

The author describes a software package, running under MSDOS, developed to assist lecturers in the assessment of software assignments. The package itself does not make value judgments upon the work, except when it can do so absolutely, but displays the students´ work for assessment by qualified staff members. The algorithms for the package are presented, and the functionality of the components is described. The package can be used for the assessment of software at three stages in the development process: (1) algorithm logic and structure, using Warnier-Orr diagrams; (2) source code structure and syntax in Modula-2; and (3) runtime performance of executable code

Keywords

computer science education; MSDOS; Modula-2; SOFTMARK; Warnier-Orr diagrams; algorithms; assessment; education administration; executable code; lecturers; logic; runtime performance; software engineering; software package; source code structure; source code syntax; staff; structure; student assignments; Computer science education; Hardware; Logic; Packaging; Signal processing algorithms; Software algorithms; Software engineering; Software packages; Software performance; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AFRICON '92 Proceedings., 3rd AFRICON Conference

Conference_Location

Ezulwini Valley

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0835-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.1992.624544

Filename

624544