Progressive Development and Teaching with RAP

  • Authors:
  • Gerard Michels;Stef Joosten

  • Affiliations:
  • Open Universiteit, Heerlen, The Netherlands;Open Universiteit, Heerlen, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 3rd Computer Science Education Research Conference on Computer Science Education Research
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Teaching a formal method to business students can be quite challenging. Even more so, if this happens in a distance learning environment. For this purpose, the authors have developed the Repository for Ampersand Projects (RAP). RAP is a platform for researchers and students, that supports the learning of rule-based design in a formal method called Ampersand. While students perform design exercises in RAP, researchers are collecting measurements about the student's behaviour. RAP was designed to experiment with measurements of student behaviour, for the purpose of studying the didactics of this specific subject. In this paper, the authors demonstrate the practice of RAP by showing how various measurements have led to meaningful hypotheses about student behaviour. With RAP, the authors hope to increase their understanding of teaching formal methods and support students in learning Rule Based Design.