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Project oriented student work: learning & examination

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Ulf Melin,

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ITiCSE '04: Proceedings of the 9th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education

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Published: 28 June 2004 Publication History

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This paper evaluates students' experiences from learning and examination when using a project oriented work approach in an undergraduate information systems development course. The result in this paper shows that students' has an overall positive attitude towards project oriented work. It provides students with an arena for discussing different perspectives, peer-to-peer learning, social interaction and a dynamic work setting. Motivating factors are that the work is authentic, prepare students for working life and last but not least considered as fun. There is however an anxiety about unfair grading that needs to be dealt with. The individual performance must be measured and be a central part of examination and grading. The students must be provided with opportunities to demonstrate what they are able to do on a course, and get genuine feedback on that. This is a way of reducing the free rider syndrome.

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ITiCSE '04: Proceedings of the 9th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education

June 2004

296 pages

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DOI:10.1145/1007996

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 36, Issue 3
September 2004
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