Parsons problem

<p>Parsons problems are a form of an objective <a href="/facts/Educational_assessment/howrvhhV">assessment</a> in which respondents are asked to choose from a selection of code fragments, some subset of which comprise the problem solution. The Parsons problem format is used in the <a href="/facts/Learning/lehEKRjC">learning</a> and <a href="/facts/Teaching/WIwsQKF9">teaching</a> of <a href="/facts/Computer_programming/QmSsFnu0">computer programming</a>.
</p><p>Dale Parsons and Patricia Haden of <a href="/facts/Otago_Polytechnic/zl6Bn1tq">Otago Polytechnic</a> developed Parsons's Programming Puzzles to aid the mastery of basic syntactic and logical constructs of computer programming languages, in particular <a href="/facts/Turbo_Pascal/2aWFEk9z">Turbo Pascal</a>, although any programming language may be used. Parsons' programming puzzles became known as Parsons puzzles and then Parsons problems. Parsons problems have become popular as they are easier to grade than written code while capturing the students problem solving ability shown in a code creation process.
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Parsons problem