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Enabling National Software Development Competitions To Identify And Enhance Student Mentor Capability In Singapore, Chris Boesch, Sandra Boesch
Enabling National Software Development Competitions To Identify And Enhance Student Mentor Capability In Singapore, Chris Boesch, Sandra Boesch
Chris BOESCH
The authors previously developed a system to facilitate the self-directed learning and practicing of software languages in Singapore. One of the goals of this self-directed learning was to enable the creation of student mentors who would be able to assist other students during classroom sessions. Building on this work, the authors extended the platform to support the promotion and coordination of multiple programming competitions including multiple schools systems within Singapore with the goals of identifying, enabling, and mentoring students who might be better prepared to mentor their peers at their school after participating in the country wide competition. This paper …
Phone And Web Based Clicker Project, Nick Renford, Jeremy Straub, Scott Kerlin
Phone And Web Based Clicker Project, Nick Renford, Jeremy Straub, Scott Kerlin
Jeremy Straub
The goal of this project is to create an interface for Android,
iOS, and Windows Phone smartphones, as well as a web
interface that will act as a “clicker”. The
instructors will be able to send out questions, and the
students will be able to answer the questions, and get
feedback if the instructor wants them to have it. The teacher
can decide whether the feedback is instant or manually
initiated, and what format the response will be, whether it
includes the correct answer, and what type of chart, if any,
indicating the most commonly selected answer(s). There
will be …