Tinkering in Informatics as Teaching Method

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Mader

2021

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Individual feedback is a core ingredient of a personalised learning path. However, it also is time-intensive and, as a teaching form, it is not easily scalable. In order to make individual feedback realisable for larger groups of students, we develop tool support for teaching assistants to use in the process of giving feedback. In this paper, we introduce Apollo, a tool that automatically analyses code uploaded by students with respect to their progression towards the learning objectives of the course. First, typical learning objectives in Computer Science courses are analysed on their suitability for automated assessment. A set of learning objectives is analysed further to get an understanding of what achievement of these objectives looks like in code. Finally, this is implemented in Apollo, a tool that assesses the achievement of learning objectives in Processing projects. Early results suggest an agreement in assessment between Apollo and teaching assistants.

Section: Learning Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Automated Assessment of Learning Objectives in Programming Assignments

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Mader

2021

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“…The teachers' goal is that the students get familiar with the toolbox and learns to apply it, as well as training their creativity. The implementation of tinkering in computer science and engineering education is described in [8].…”

Section: Tinkeringmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A distinguishing characteristic of CreaTe is the central role of tinkering as a means to master the material [7,8]. By tinkering, we understand a self-directed, playful exploration of material.…”

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A sports day for programming

Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference

2020

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This paper introduces a sports day for programming, a one-day workshop, that includes ideation, design, implementation, peer review, and a Eurovision style finale. It is a summative assessment introduced to an introductory programming course for the degree Creative Technology.While the course includes both formative and summative assessment in tutorials as is common programming courses, both students and teaching team felt that students lacked programming experience to be properly prepared for their final project. Rather than adding another assessment or projects, we developed the sports day. The term sports day stresses the competitive element, the team aspect, and also that it includes different disciplines, namely ideation, design, implementation, code review and presentation.This paper explains how this setup was developed to suit the educational philosophy of the degree, how it is implemented, and reports on experiences and evaluations of this annual event.

“…The programming courses of CreaTe require students to use concepts that were covered in the course, but they are free to define their own projects from the very beginning. We refer to this approach as Tinkering [5]. The student fully owns the problem; there is no example solution that students can work towards or that tutors can refer to.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Atelier – Tutor Moderated Comments in Programming Education

Technology-Enhanced Learning for a Free, Safe, and Sustainable World

Mader

Rump

2021

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In the programming course of our engineering design degree tutorials are the focal point of learning. This is especially so since we employ a tinkering based educational approach, in which students explore, from the very beginning, the material by self-defined projects. The assignment defines ingredients to use and sets expectations, but students are free to set their own design goals. In this setting tutorials are an important place of feedback and learning, and we developed an online platform that supports tutors during tutorials. This paper reports on the educational philosophy and underpinnings, and results from applying the tool in two first-year courses.