An Analysis Tool for a Programming Contest for High-School Students

Owing to the rapid growth of the modern information society, it is necessary to educate young people who are responsible for the future of the Information Technology (IT). A programming contest is a competitive learning that is intended to improve skills and enhance knowledge of the IT. In Japan, programming contests for high school students play an important role in information education but analyses of their effect and role in the education system has been scarce. In this research, an analysis framework based on a survey of programming contests is proposed and a corresponding analysis tool for evaluating and analyzing a programming contest is created. The summary of the survey, the details of the framework and the tool are explained in this paper.