Quiz set for the course “Algorithms and Data Structures”
Name
Raul Lehesalu
Abstract
The current century has witnessed a rapid growth in e-learning, which has facilitated the standardization of higher education at the bachelor level. Students in the first year of computer science studies are often graded by quizzes. However, the number of students is growing and this motivates using quizzes also in second-year courses. While automatically graded quizzes are used primarily to test factual knowledge, this thesis sets a goal to create quiz questions for which in most cases a textbook or a web search would not provide an easy answer. As a result of this thesis two quizzes on the topic of sorting were created. The quizzes were developed for the course “Algorithms and Data Structures” at the University of Tartu. The process of gathering source material, developing quiz questions and creating quizzes in the study environment Moodle are described. Ideas for the quiz questions are derived primarily from public study materials used at selected universities. The main purpose of the quizzes is to offer the possibility of self-assessment for the students. It is planned to start using the quizzes during the autumn semester of 2020.
Graduation Thesis language
Estonian
Graduation Thesis type
Bachelor - Computer Science
Supervisor(s)
Ahti Peder
Defence year
2020