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Linuxgym: software to automate formative assessment of unix command-line and scripting skills

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 39, Issue 3

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1269900.1268924

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This demonstration illustrates the way in which Linuxgym automatically assesses Unix command-line and scripting skills through practical activities. It is shown that the mechanism provides a substantial amount of formative feedback, and that data it accumulates can be coalesced into a report indicating to the teacher topics requiring better coverage.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 39, Issue 3

Proceedings of the 12th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education (ITiCSE'07)

September 2007

366 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/1269900

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ITiCSE '07: Proceedings of the 12th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
June 2007
386 pages
ISBN:9781595936103
DOI:10.1145/1268784
General Chair:
Janet Hughes
University of Dundee, UK
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University of Dundee, UK
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Paul Tymann
Rochester Institute of Technology

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