Staff profile

My research focuses on personalised Assessment and Feedback and the student experience in within Higher Education. My PhD investiated the percived issues students expereinced with Assessment and Feedback and whether a form of assessment called Ipsative Assessment could ameliorate these issues. 

• My research interests focus on the assessment of novice programmers. My PhD investigated the issues faced by novice programmers and if Ipsative Assessment could ameliorate said issues.

Conference Paper

• Izu, C., Mirolo, C., Börstler, J., Connamacher, H., Crosby, R., Glassey, R., Haldeman, G., Kiljunen, O., Kumar, A. N., Liu, D., Luxton-Reilly, A., Matsumoto, S., Carneiro De Oliveira, E., Russell, S., Shah, A., Izu, C., Mirolo, C., Börstler, J., Connamacher, H., Crosby, R., …Shah, A. (2024, July). Introducing Code Quality at CS1 Level: Examples and Activities. Presented at ITiCSE 2024: Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Milan
• Izu, C., Mirolo, C., Börstler, J., Connamacher, H., Crosby, R., Glassey, R., Haldeman, G., Kiljunen, O., Kumar, A. N., Liu, D., Luxton-Reilly, A., Matsumoto, S., Carneiro de Oliveira, E., Russell, S., & Shah, A. (2024, July). Introducing Code Quality in the CS1 Classroom. Presented at ITiCSE 2024: Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Milan Italy
• Crosby, R. (2021, January). Student Perceptions of Assessment and Feedback - are they valid?. Presented at CEP '21: Computing Education Practice 2021, Durham, UK