Formative Assessment of Programming Language Learning Based on Peer Code Review: Implementation and Experience Report

作     者：Qing Sun Ji Wu Wenge Rong Wenbo Liu 

作者机构：the School of Computer Science and Engineering BeihangUniversity 

出 版 物：《Tsinghua Science and Technology》 (清华大学学报（自然科学版（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第24卷第4期

页      面：423-434页

核心收录：

学科分类：0401[教育学-教育学] 04[教育学] 08[工学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 081202[工学-计算机软件与理论] 040110[教育学-教育技术学（可授教育学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：peer code review programming language learning dynamic designation formative assessment 

摘      要：In programming courses, the traditional assessment approach tends to evaluate student performance by scoring one or more project-level summative assignments. This approach no longer meets the requirements of a quality programming language education. Based on an upgraded peer code review model, we propose a formative assessment approach to assess the learning of computer programming languages, and develop an online assessment system(OOCourse) to implement this approach. Peer code review and inspection is an effective way to ensure the high quality of a program by systematically checking the source code. Though it is commonly applied in industrial and open-source software development, it is rarely taught and practiced in undergraduate-level programming courses. We conduct a case study using the formative assessment method in a sophomore level Object-Oriented Design and Construction course with more than 240 students. We use Moodle(an online learning system) and some relevant plugins to conduct peer code review. We also conduct data mining on the running data from the peer assessment activities. The case study shows that formative assessment based on peer code review gradually improved the programming ability of students in the undergraduate class.