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Peer reviewedJackson, David – Computers and Education, 1991
Argues that advent of computer-aided instruction (CAI) systems for teaching introductory computer programing makes it imperative that software be developed to automate assessment and grading of student programs. Examples of typical student programing problems are given, and application of the Unix tools Lex and Yacc to the automatic assessment of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Grading


