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@Article{Greening:1996:CLU,
  author =       "Tony Greening",
  title =        "Command-line usage in a programming exam",
  journal =      j-SIGCSE,
  volume =       "28",
  number =       "3",
  pages =        "55--59",
  month =        sep,
  year =         "1996",
  CODEN =        "SIGSD3",
  DOI =          "https://doi.org/10.1145/234867.234879",
  ISSN =         "0097-8418 (print), 2331-3927 (electronic)",
  ISSN-L =       "0097-8418",
  bibdate =      "Sat Nov 17 18:57:35 MST 2012",
  bibsource =    "http://portal.acm.org/;
                 http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/sigcse1990.bib",
  abstract =     "Introductory computer science education has a strong
                 emphasis on the teaching and learning of programming
                 skills. In establishing that a desired level of
                 proficiency in the use of these skills has been
                 attained, many courses implement a practical exam where
                 students must complete a program and get it to run
                 correctly under supervision and unaided. This exam may,
                 as in our case, be presented as a ``barrier'' exam
                 which must be passed in order to proceed to
                 intermediate computer science enrolment. The importance
                 of such an event is not always matched by our
                 understanding (as educators) of student behaviour under
                 such conditions. The binary (pass/fail) nature of the
                 exam tends to be reflected in student perceptions of
                 the exam, often polarised as being ``quite easy'' by
                 those who pass or ``too difficult'' by those who fail.
                 This paper describes an exploration into command-line
                 behaviour during the exam, in an attempt to gain some
                 insight into student behavioural reaction to it. In so
                 doing, the issue is raised as to whether or not certain
                 actions are more likely to serve as indicators of a
                 successful candidate, and what meaning this has for
                 teachers and students.",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  fjournal =     "SIGCSE Bulletin (ACM Special Interest Group on
                 Computer Science Education)",
  journal-URL =  "http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?idx=J688",
}

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