The Active-Learning Transformation: A Case Study in Software Development and Systems Software Courses

Mark Tranel; Ross Sowell; Christopher Gill; Roger Chamberlain; Cindy Grimm; Kenneth J Goldman

The Active-Learning Transformation: A Case Study in Software Development and Systems Software Courses

Mark Tranel, Ross Sowell, Christopher Gill, Roger Chamberlain, Cindy Grimm, Kenneth J Goldman

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Abstract

We present our experience in transforming a software development course and a systems software course from a traditional, lecture-based style to an active-learning format. We outline the common changes that were made in both courses, and provide a summary of the active-learning techniques that were successfully employed. We provide quantitative and qualitative evidence that this transformation was a success. In both courses, student grades and overall satisfaction with the course were increased with the transformation to active learning, despite teaching essentially the same curriculum.

Original language	American English
Journal	The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Volume	25
State	Published - May 2010

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