RT journal article
T1 Assessment in Software Development for Competitive Environments: An AI Strategy Development Case Study
A1 Palomo Duarte, Manuel
A1 García Domínguez, Antonio
A1 Balderas Alberico, Antonio
A2 Ingeniería Informática
K1 computer science education
K1 programming
K1 competition-based learning
K1 assessment
K1 open source software
AB Competitions are being widely used to motivate students in diverse learning processes,including those in computer programming. This paper presents a methodology for designingand assessing competitive learning scenarios that allow students to develop three different codingskills: the ability to compete against unknown competitors, the ability to compete against knowncompetitors and the ability to compete against refined versions of known competitors. The proposalis based on peer code review, implemented as an improvement cycle after the dissemination of thecode among participants. A case study evaluating the methodology was conducted with two cohortsof students in an undergraduate course. The analysis of the obtained grades suggests that whileperformance after our assistance was improved, students could still fail or succeed independently ofthe assistance. Complementary data from student questionnaires and supervisor observations arealigned with this finding. As a conclusion, the evidence supports the validity of the methodology.Additionally, several guidelines based on the experience are provided to transfer the proposal toother environments.
PB MDPI
SN 2079-9292
YR 2021
FD 2021-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25582
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25582
LA eng
NO This research was funded by Spanish National Research Agency (AEI), through the project VISAIGLE (TIN2017-85797-R) with ERDF funds.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026