Fardad noted that in order to accommodate active learning by his students, he prepared all of his examples before class and would move them to the screen as he lectured. This saved considerable time over entering code which requires the students to wait for him to finish. Elliott noted that he too prepared his sample code off-line for the same purpose.
**[MLM1MLM]I’d like to see a recommendation for a mid-semester promo meeting for all first semester courses. This is over-and-above what this report represents but it also flags students struggling across all first semester subjects and may warrant a different kind of intervention than an individual subject intervention. * Chris' Further Suggestions:# Increase the weight of the workshops in BTP100 to 20%# Normalize the weight of the workshops in IPC144 at 20%# Turn the workshops into mini-assignments with one final project that integrates them as the sole assignment in each course# Stress the importance of attendance – workshop periods are not optional# Assist students who complete exercises and workshops yet fail their tests# Embed in-class exercises within lectures – instructor circulates amongst students [MLM what about doing this as group or team in-class exercises. No more than 3 in a team. Reduces load on faculty and at the same time allows students to learn from each other. Ask a team to present their solution or many teams (e.g. Active Learning Classrooms are perfect for this(!) and then talk to a couple of teams’ proposed solution to get a sense of why some solutions are better than others.]# Review and refine the learning outcomes for the 1st and 2nd semester courses# Identify more optional sections in the subject web sites and in-house textbooks to reduce content without interrupting flow through the central core of the material# Develop baskets of workshops for the courses to increase variety And,the following set of questions comes to mind: # Learning Outcomes - Should the criteria for passing IPC144/BTP100 be defined primarily in terms of what is necessary to commence studying OOP244/BTP200 and those for passing OOP244/BTP200 be defined in terms of what is necessary to commence studying OOP345/BTP305?# Should the core programming subjects move towards more practice and away from the final exam making it optional (so students can improve their grade)?# Should we modify our policy of granting SUPs to include those weaker students who have completed the exercises, demonstrated effort throughout the course and only failed the final exam?
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= Ongoing Issues =
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