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Re-engineering CS&E's Instructional Processes
DRAFT
Thomas Payne
Titus Winters
Copyright © 2003 by Thomas Payne
All Rights Reserved.
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Contents
Preface
Re-engineering for Continuous Feedback
Constituents
The feedback loops
Objectives
Outcomes
The CS&E profession
ABET-mandated outcomes
Discipline-specific interpretation of a-k outcomes
The Archive
Requirements
Student Work
Capture of student work
Retention of student work
Access to student work
Implementing The Archive
Constraints.
Strategy.
Tools.
The database of scores.
User interface.
The models
The OKI model
Our model
Data mining
Course Delivery
Course-Related Use-Cases
Before the term
During the term
After the term
Modes and Tools of Communication
General tools
Departmentally developed tools
Campus-provided tools
Course support via Internet tools
e-mail and netnews
World-Wide Web
Computer-equipped structured labs
Exams
The instructional functions of exams
Selection of problems
Tests as proctored drill
Proctoring and grading
Proctoring
Recycling questions from a question bank.
On-line testing.
Grading formulas and policies
An experiment in extra credit
An extra five points for not complaining
Peer grading by students, especially for projects
Missing an exam
The mechanics of grading
Automated testing of programs
Static analysis tools
Grading of textual answers on exams
Textual feedback to students
Instructional Computing Facilities
Motivations Toward Learning
Glossary
Bibliography
The Capture, Analysis, and Presentation of Requirements
Titus Winters' comments on CS 14, Summer 2003
Thoughts on Lecturing
Grades
Mudd
The Point System
The C-minus Rule
Final Course Grades: Graphs & Tables
Anwar Adi's Comments re CS12 '03
The Value of Step-by-Step Worksheets
Tutoring ``Slow" Students
The Value of Giving a Student a Second Chance
The need to give students timely (constructive) feedback
How to simplify giving specific and constructive feedback
Design assignments with built-in feedback
Students as computers
The review game
Recommendations of the Committee on Instruction
Guidelines for TA Assignments
Determining number of TAs per lab course
Mapping of TAs to duties
Predictive Grade Feedback
The OKI Model
Catching Cheating via MOSS
Notes
To Do
About this document ...
Tom Payne 2003-09-04
