Continuous assessment in the evolution of a CS1 course: The pass rate/workload ratio

The first programming course (Programming-1, CS1) in the Informatics Engineering Degree of the Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona was completely redesigned in 2006 in order to reinforce the learn-by- doing methodology. Along the following eight years several pedagogical measures - mostly relat...

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Autores: Blesa Aguilera, Maria Josep|||0000-0001-8246-9926, Duch Brown, Amalia|||0000-0003-4371-1286, Gabarró Vallès, Joaquim|||0000-0003-3771-2813, Petit Silvestre, Jordi|||0000-0001-8331-8126, Serna Iglesias, María José|||0000-0001-9729-8648
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/83244
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/83244
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29585-5_18
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Programming (Computers) -- Study and teaching (Higher)
CS1
Marginal cost-benefit analysis
Continuous assessment
Programació (Ordinadors) -- Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Programació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge
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spelling Continuous assessment in the evolution of a CS1 course: The pass rate/workload ratioBlesa Aguilera, Maria Josep|||0000-0001-8246-9926Duch Brown, Amalia|||0000-0003-4371-1286Gabarró Vallès, Joaquim|||0000-0003-3771-2813Petit Silvestre, Jordi|||0000-0001-8331-8126Serna Iglesias, María José|||0000-0001-9729-8648Programming (Computers) -- Study and teaching (Higher)CS1Marginal cost-benefit analysisContinuous assessmentProgramació (Ordinadors) -- Ensenyament universitariÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::ProgramacióÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatgeThe first programming course (Programming-1, CS1) in the Informatics Engineering Degree of the Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona was completely redesigned in 2006 in order to reinforce the learn-by- doing methodology. Along the following eight years several pedagogical measures - mostly related with continous assessment - were introduced with the aim of increasing the pass rate of the course without lowering its high quality standards. This paper analyzes to what extent the added workload on faculty entailed by these measures affects the pass rate. We use a classical marginal cost-benefit approach - from Economics - to compare these two values along time. This process allows us to relate the evolution of the pass rate of students with the workload of the faculty through a productivity curve, as well as to assess the impact of each pedagogical measure. We conclude that, for this course, continuous assessment is expensive. In fact, abstracting from short term oscillations, the slope of the productivity curve is close to zero.Peer ReviewedSpringer20162016-01-0120162016-02-22book parthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/83244https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29585-5_18reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/832442026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Continuous assessment in the evolution of a CS1 course: The pass rate/workload ratio
title Continuous assessment in the evolution of a CS1 course: The pass rate/workload ratio
spellingShingle Continuous assessment in the evolution of a CS1 course: The pass rate/workload ratio
Blesa Aguilera, Maria Josep|||0000-0001-8246-9926
Programming (Computers) -- Study and teaching (Higher)
CS1
Marginal cost-benefit analysis
Continuous assessment
Programació (Ordinadors) -- Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Programació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge
title_short Continuous assessment in the evolution of a CS1 course: The pass rate/workload ratio
title_full Continuous assessment in the evolution of a CS1 course: The pass rate/workload ratio
title_fullStr Continuous assessment in the evolution of a CS1 course: The pass rate/workload ratio
title_full_unstemmed Continuous assessment in the evolution of a CS1 course: The pass rate/workload ratio
title_sort Continuous assessment in the evolution of a CS1 course: The pass rate/workload ratio
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Blesa Aguilera, Maria Josep|||0000-0001-8246-9926
Duch Brown, Amalia|||0000-0003-4371-1286
Gabarró Vallès, Joaquim|||0000-0003-3771-2813
Petit Silvestre, Jordi|||0000-0001-8331-8126
Serna Iglesias, María José|||0000-0001-9729-8648
author Blesa Aguilera, Maria Josep|||0000-0001-8246-9926
author_facet Blesa Aguilera, Maria Josep|||0000-0001-8246-9926
Duch Brown, Amalia|||0000-0003-4371-1286
Gabarró Vallès, Joaquim|||0000-0003-3771-2813
Petit Silvestre, Jordi|||0000-0001-8331-8126
Serna Iglesias, María José|||0000-0001-9729-8648
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author2 Duch Brown, Amalia|||0000-0003-4371-1286
Gabarró Vallès, Joaquim|||0000-0003-3771-2813
Petit Silvestre, Jordi|||0000-0001-8331-8126
Serna Iglesias, María José|||0000-0001-9729-8648
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Programming (Computers) -- Study and teaching (Higher)
CS1
Marginal cost-benefit analysis
Continuous assessment
Programació (Ordinadors) -- Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Programació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge
topic Programming (Computers) -- Study and teaching (Higher)
CS1
Marginal cost-benefit analysis
Continuous assessment
Programació (Ordinadors) -- Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Programació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge
description The first programming course (Programming-1, CS1) in the Informatics Engineering Degree of the Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona was completely redesigned in 2006 in order to reinforce the learn-by- doing methodology. Along the following eight years several pedagogical measures - mostly related with continous assessment - were introduced with the aim of increasing the pass rate of the course without lowering its high quality standards. This paper analyzes to what extent the added workload on faculty entailed by these measures affects the pass rate. We use a classical marginal cost-benefit approach - from Economics - to compare these two values along time. This process allows us to relate the evolution of the pass rate of students with the workload of the faculty through a productivity curve, as well as to assess the impact of each pedagogical measure. We conclude that, for this course, continuous assessment is expensive. In fact, abstracting from short term oscillations, the slope of the productivity curve is close to zero.
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