%0 Conference Paper %1 DanEtAl04 %A Daniels, Mats %A Berglund, Anders %A Pears, Arnold %A Fincher, Sally %B Proceedings of the Sixth Australasian Conference on Computing Education - Volume 30 %C Darlinghurst, Australia, Australia %D 2004 %I Australian Computer Society, Inc. %K assessment %P 57--61 %T Five Myths of Assessment %U http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=979968.979976 %X This paper describes some issues concerning assessment and the corresponding motivation for students to work in a desired manner. The issues came from studying assessment in the Runestone project, but are, as we see them, of general interest. Our findings illustrate the need to not take the effects of assessment, nor what it measures, for granted. It is our intention to promote Computer Science Education research as an essential area for improving our education, in this case by exposing myths about assessment as myths.

@inproceedings{DanEtAl04, abstract = {This paper describes some issues concerning assessment and the corresponding motivation for students to work in a desired manner. The issues came from studying assessment in the Runestone project, but are, as we see them, of general interest. Our findings illustrate the need to not take the effects of assessment, nor what it measures, for granted. It is our intention to promote Computer Science Education research as an essential area for improving our education, in this case by exposing myths about assessment as myths.}, acmid = {979976}, added-at = {2014-08-20T10:07:41.000+0200}, address = {Darlinghurst, Australia, Australia}, author = {Daniels, Mats and Berglund, Anders and Pears, Arnold and Fincher, Sally}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/232544d1c62a502a633ef2ed724bce36b/juheikki}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Sixth Australasian Conference on Computing Education - Volume 30}, description = {Five myths of assessment}, interhash = {4dc92b01620a1224d30c77609efedc52}, intrahash = {32544d1c62a502a633ef2ed724bce36b}, keywords = {assessment}, location = {Dunedin, New Zealand}, numpages = {5}, pages = {57--61}, publisher = {Australian Computer Society, Inc.}, series = {ACE '04}, timestamp = {2014-08-20T10:07:41.000+0200}, title = {Five Myths of Assessment}, url = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=979968.979976}, year = 2004 }