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Exploring the Peer Assessment Process Supported by the Enhanced Moodle Workshop in a Computer Programming Course

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Supporting peer assessment in learning management systems is an important educational issue. The widespread Moodle platform relies on a plugin called Workshop for providing such peer evaluation functionality. In a previous work, we proposed an extension of the plugin with student modeling capabilities, based on a Bayesian Network approach. In the current paper we aim to experimentally validate this Enhanced Workshop module, by using it in the context of an Introduction to Computer Programming course. An experience report of the peer assessment process is provided, focusing on the support offered by the module. The results are also analyzed, exploring the relationship between student models and grades.

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Badea, G., Popescu, E., Sterbini, A., Temperini, M. (2020). Exploring the Peer Assessment Process Supported by the Enhanced Moodle Workshop in a Computer Programming Course. In: Popescu, E., Belén Gil, A., Lancia, L., Simona Sica, L., Mavroudi, A. (eds) Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, 9th International Conference, Workshops. MIS4TEL 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1008 . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23884-1_16

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