Coverage of course topics in a student generated MCQ repository

Paul Denny; Andrew Luxton-Reilly; John Hamer; Helen Purchase

doi:10.1145/1562877.1562888

Coverage of course topics in a student generated MCQ repository

Paul Denny
, Andrew Luxton-Reilly
, John Hamer
, Helen Purchase

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

26 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A recent approach to engaging students in deep learning involves an online tool, PeerWise, through which students contribute multiple-choice questions to a shared question bank. Earlier work demonstrated a strong correlation between the use of PeerWise and student performance. In this study we investigate the quality of the MCQ repository created by students in an introductory programming course by analysing the range of topics on which students chose to write questions (i.e.∼the repository coverage) without guidance from an instructor. We assess the repository coverage by comparing it with a common list of typical introductory programming topics, and by looking at its extent. We find that, despite having freedom to choose any topic, students created a repository that covered all the major topics in the curriculum.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ITiCSE-2009 - Proceedings of the 2009 ACM SIGCSE Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	11-15
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781605583815
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1562877.1562888
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education 2009 - Paris, France Duration: 6 Jul 2009 → 8 Jul 2009 https://dl.acm.org/toc/sigcse/2009/41/3 (Proceedings)

Conference

Conference	Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education 2009
Abbreviated title	ITiCSE-2009
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	6/07/09 → 8/07/09
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/toc/sigcse/2009/41/3 (Proceedings)

Keywords

Automated
Contributing student
MCQ
Peer assessment
PeerWise
Question test bank
Topic coverage

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Denny, P, Luxton-Reilly, A, Hamer, J & Purchase, H 2009, Coverage of course topics in a student generated MCQ repository. in ITiCSE-2009 - Proceedings of the 2009 ACM SIGCSE Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 11-15, Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education 2009, Paris, France, 6/07/09. https://doi.org/10.1145/1562877.1562888

Coverage of course topics in a student generated MCQ repository. / Denny, Paul; Luxton-Reilly, Andrew; Hamer, John et al.
ITiCSE-2009 - Proceedings of the 2009 ACM SIGCSE Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2009. p. 11-15.

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