A Systematic Literature Review of Automated Feedback Generation for Programming Exercises

Autor/inn/en	Keuning, Hieke; Jeuring, Johan; Heeren, Bastiaan
Titel	A Systematic Literature Review of Automated Feedback Generation for Programming Exercises
Quelle	In: ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 19 (2019) 1, Artikel 3 (43 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1946-6226
Schlagwörter	Programming; Teaching Methods; Computer Science Education; Feedback (Response); Coding; Classification; Error Correction; Computer Software; Computer Assisted Instruction; Intelligent Tutoring Systems; Databases; Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programmierung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Codierung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Korrektur; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Intelligentes Tutorsystem; Datenbank; Gültigkeit
Abstract	Formative feedback, aimed at helping students to improve their work, is an important factor in learning. Many tools that offer programming exercises provide automated feedback on student solutions. We have performed a systematic literature review to find out what kind of feedback is provided, which techniques are used to generate the feedback, how adaptable the feedback is, and how these tools are evaluated. We have designed a labelling to classify the tools, and use Narciss' feedback content categories to classify feedback messages. We report on the results of coding a total of 101 tools. We have found that feedback mostly focuses on identifying mistakes and less on fixing problems and taking a next step. Furthermore, teachers cannot easily adapt tools to their own needs. However, the diversity of feedback types has increased over the past decades and new techniques are being applied to generate feedback that is increasingly helpful for students. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01