Active learning sheets for a beginner's course on reasoning about imperative programs

Authors:
Kung-Kiu Lau
Affiliations:
The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Venue:
Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
2007

Citing 6
Cited 6

Active learning and its use in computer science

ITiCSE '96 Proceedings of the 1st conference on Integrating technology into computer science education
Analysis of Algorithms: An Active Learning Approach

Analysis of Algorithms: An Active Learning Approach
The Science of Programming

The Science of Programming
Making lemonade: exploring the bright side of large lecture classes

SIGCSE '02 Proceedings of the 33rd SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Teaching and learning in the 21st century: the development of "future CS faculty"

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
High Integrity Software: The SPARK Approach to Safety and Security

High Integrity Software: The SPARK Approach to Safety and Security

Pre-programming analysis tutors help students learn basic programming concepts

Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Student-generated active-learning exercises

Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Collective bin packing: an active learning exercise

Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
The active-learning transformation: a case study in software development and systems software courses

Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Experiences with active learning in CS 3

Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
A CS unplugged activity for the online classroom

Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

We decided to support active learning on a beginner's course on Reasoning about Imperative Programs because our students find the material challenging. Because of the large class size and resource implications, we opted for a simple approach: the modified lecture format. We devised active learning sheets for use during lectures. Each sheet consisted of short questions which covered the main points of the lecture. Students had to answer the questions during the lectures as they listened. In this paper we describe how we designed the active learning sheets for this particular course, and the students' (positive) response to them.