Developing students' self-assessment skills using lab-centric instruction

Authors:
Colleen M. Lewis;Nathaniel Titterton;Michael Clancy
Affiliations:
University of California, Berkeley, CA;University of California, Berkeley, CA;University of California, Berkeley, CA
Venue:
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Year:
2011

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Abstract

This study is a continuation of previous work that looked at the benefits of lab-centric instruction, a collection of pedagogical techniques enabled by converting class time in lecture to time in a supervised closed lab. While previous work highlighted learning outcomes, here we investigate the intermediate goal of supporting students' in developing skills of self-assessment. We found that students in a lab-centric section were more accurate in their self-assessment of competence with topics appearing on the final exam.