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Using ink to expose students' thought processes in CS2/CS7

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Roy P. Pargas,

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 41, Issue 1

Pages 168 - 172

https://doi.org/10.1145/1539024.1508927

Published: 04 March 2009 Publication History

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This paper presents and discusses a web-based software tool called GraphPad designed to facilitate interactivity in a CS2 or CS7 (data structures) course in which Tablet PCs or WACOM tablets are available. We describe how GraphPad enables an instructor to: establish a temporary network with the instructor's Tablet as server and the students' Tablets as clients, broadcast instructions and collect student Ink responses, evaluate student submissions and distribute evaluations with a single button-click, use student submissions as examples to guide lecture, and save student submissions in a database. The saved submissions may then be reviewed individually, tagged for errors, and analyzed statistically. An immediate goal is to use GraphPad to deliver CS2/CS7 course content more effectively. A long term goal is to use data collected by GraphPad to help understand the thought process of the CS2/CS7 student for the purpose of identifying students at risk early in order to provide intervention assistance.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 41, Issue 1

SIGCSE '09

March 2009

553 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/1539024

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SIGCSE '09: Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
March 2009
612 pages
ISBN:9781605581835
DOI:10.1145/1508865
General Chairs:
Sue Fitzgerald
Metropolitan State University
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Mark Guzdial
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Program Chairs:
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Xavier University
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Buchanan SOchs BLaViola Jr. JSmith King LMusicant DCamp TTymann P(2012)CSTutorProceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education10.1145/2157136.2157297(565-570)Online publication date: 29-Feb-2012
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Bryfczynski SPargas RCooper MKlymkowsky MDean BCarter JUtting IClear A(2013)Teaching data structures with beSocraticProceedings of the 18th ACM conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education10.1145/2462476.2465583(105-110)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2013
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