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CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Tabletop displays for small group study: affordances of paper and digital materials
In this paper we compare the affordances of presenting educational material on a tabletop display with presenting the same material using traditional paper handouts. Ten pairs of ...
Anne Marie Piper, James D. Hollan
ITICSE
2006
ACM
16 years 17 days ago
Using patterns in the automatic marking of ER-diagrams
This paper illustrates how the notion of pattern can be used in the automatic analysis and synthesis of diagrams, applied particularly to the automatic marking of ER-diagrams. The...
Pete G. Thomas, Kevin G. Waugh, Neil Smith
ITICSE
2006
ACM
16 years 17 days ago
Design and implementation of a modern compiler course
Current literature states that the undergraduate curriculum can no longer afford the luxury of a traditional compiler construction course. Nevertheless, there is an increasing ne...
William M. Waite, Assad Jarrahian, Michele H. Jack...
GROUP
2005
ACM
16 years 5 days ago
Proactive behaviour may lead to failure in virtual project-based collaborative learning
This paper argues that proactive behaviour, caused by high engagement and motivation of the learners, may lead to failure of collaborative learning. By examining empirical data fr...
Pernille Bjørn, Morten Hertzum
ITICSE
2005
ACM
16 years 4 days ago
Team formation methods for increasing interaction during in-class group work
In contrast to the student teams used for larger and longer group projects, in-class groups are often ephemeral, lasting for only a few minutes or until the end of the period. Bec...
Katherine Deibel