We describe a method of automatic feedback provision for students learning programming and computational methods in Python. We have implemented, used and refined this system since 2009 for growing student numbers, and summarise the design and experience of using it. The core idea is to use a unit testing framework: the teacher creates a set of unit tests, and the student code is tested by runni...

Reliable student models are vital for the correct functioning of Intelligent Tutoring Systems. This means that diagnosis tools used to update the student models must be also reliable. Through adaptive testing, student knowledge can be inferred. The tests are based on a psychometric theory, the Item Response Theory. In this theory, each question has a function assigned that is essential for dete...

Teacher Education is an integral part of any educational system. It should provide a platform in developing the holistic personality of a student teacher. This paper reports on personality of student teachers and the role of Teacher Educational institutions in developing it. The sample consists of 1080 student teachers of Madurai revenue district. A Multi dimensional Personality Inventory const...

The value of experiential learning in agricultural education has long been recognized as an important part of the educational process. Through practice and experience students apply what they have learned in real situations, thus the material becomes understandable and usable. Moreover, in the process of gaining experience, new problems and situations arise causing learners to seek additional i...

Background—The Iowa Department of Education undertook a study to determine district characteristics that are associated with success on statewide-standardized tests. A district profile was created for each Iowa public school district to determine if any association exists between a particular district’s characteristics and the test scores of 11th grade students. Contextual variables such as soc...

BACKGROUND The number of medical undergraduates taking part in Student Scientific Activities (SSA) at Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Slovakia remains low. The aim of this study was to discover some of the factors responsible and suggest improvements. METHODS An anonymous 30-item questionnaire was devised and sent to 245 medical undergraduates (UG) of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd an...

Although the rise in subprime lending and the ensuing wave of foreclosures was partly a result of market forces that have been well-identified in the literature, in the United States it was also a highly racialized process. We argue that residential segregation created a unique niche of poor minority clients who were differentially marketed risky subprime loans that were in great demand for use...

We investigate the large-time behavior of the solutions to some Fisher-type models with nonlocal terms describing the dynamics of biological populations with diffusion, logistic term and migration. Two types of logistic terms are taken into account. A necessary condition and a sufficient condition for the internal null stabilizability of the solution to a Fisher model with nonlocal term are pro...

A computer-aided assessment system is presented that has been designed to produce and deliver tests to the Hellenic Air Force Academy students and assess their performance. The system is called e-Xaminer and is intended for use in both undergraduate courses and distance learning post-graduate programs of the Academy. The e-Xaminer uses meta-language concepts to automatically generate tests, bas...

EDRS PRICE MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Aptitude; Behavior Patterns; *Children; Cognitive Processes; Comprehension; Curriculum Development; Diagnostic Tests; *Educational Diagnosis; Emotional Disturbances; Intelligence; *Intelligence Tests; Learning Disabilities; Measurement Techniques; Measures (Individuals); Perceptual Development; *Performance Tests; Prediction; Scaling; Student Place...