Bloom's taxonomy for CS assessment

Errol Thompson; Andrew Luxton-Reilly; Jacqueline L. Whalley; Minjie Hu; Phil Robbins

Bloom's taxonomy for CS assessment

Errol Thompson^*, Andrew Luxton-Reilly, Jacqueline L. Whalley, Minjie Hu, Phil Robbins

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Computer Science

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Abstract

Bloom's Taxonomy is difficult to apply consistently to assessment tasks in introductory programming courses. The Bloom taxonomy is a valuable tool that could enable analysis and discussion of programming assessment if it could be interpreted consistently. We discuss each of the Bloom classification categories and provide a consistent interpretation with concrete exemplars that will allow computer science educators to utilise Bloom's Taxonomy for programming assessment. Using Bloom's Taxonomy to help design examinations could greatly improve the quality of assessment in introductory programming courses.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series
Pages	155-161
Number of pages	7
Volume	78
Publication status	Published - Jan 2008

Keywords

Bloom's taxonomy
Multi-institutional
Novice programmers

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