System clusters similar student programs together, so instructors can identify broad trends

Monday, March 30, 2015 - 08:00 in Psychology & Sociology

In computer-science classes, homework assignments consist of writing programs. It's easy to create automated tests that determine whether a given program yields the right outputs to a series of inputs. But those tests say nothing about whether the program code is clear or confusing, whether it includes unnecessary computation, and whether it meets the terms of the assignment.

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