TY  - CONF
N2  - Learning to program has been challenging to most learners including students at UTP. Not only the learners need to acquire knowledge and understanding of the essential programming concepts, but more importantly they also need to sharpen their critical thinking skills in the form of ability to apply or assimilate these concepts into coding of workable programs which solved arrays of problems. Thus, correct course assessments to measure the level of learners' critical thinking skills for problem solving throughout the learning period is necessary to ensure learners' success at the end of the course. Hence, in this paper, we share our findings when comparing the scores obtained by learners in their hands-on and written coursework assessments for Structured Programming course against their final examination score, which the latter's questions have been categorized according to levels of cognitive Bloom's Taxonomy (BT). Correlation test conducted on the data suggest that there is a correlation between Written assessment and final examination score for all levels of cognitive BT. Regression test further confirms there is a dependency between Written assessment and the final exam score as well. As for Hands-on assessment very weak to almost none correlation is found. © 2017 IEEE.
PB  - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
AV  - none
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85055448661&doi=10.1109%2fWEEF.2017.8466975&partnerID=40&md5=3783303a261938fd9141f6bc56c4447c
Y1  - 2018///
A1  - Ahmad, R.
A1  - Sarlan, A.
A1  - Hashim, A.S.
A1  - Hassan, M.F.
EP  - 235
ID  - scholars10001
SN  - 9781538615232
TI  - Relationship between Hands-on and Written Coursework Assessments with Critical Thinking Skills in Structured Programming Course
SP  - 231
KW  - Blooms (metal); Computer programming; Engineering education; Learning systems; Structured programming; Taxonomies
KW  -  Bloom's taxonomy; Correlation tests; Course assessment; Critical thinking skills; Final examinations; Problem solving skills; Programming concepts; Regression tests
KW  -  Problem solving
N1  - cited By 5; Conference of 7th World Engineering Education Forum, WEEF 2017 ; Conference Date: 13 November 2017 Through 16 November 2017; Conference Code:139977
ER  -