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Team: Nathan Mikeska, Neil Alfredson, Richard Carney, Brian Navarro. Overview: Chemistry Learning In Progress (CLIP) is a java based software program being developed as a computer science senior project for Dr. Susan Wiediger of the Chemistry Department.
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Team: Nathan Mikeska, Neil Alfredson, Richard Carney, Brian Navarro Overview: Chemistry Learning In Progress (CLIP) is a java based software program being developed as a computer science senior project for Dr. Susan Wiediger of the Chemistry Department. The goal of the project is to automate current card arranging activities performed by chemistry students. These activities are intended to help chemistry students attain a better understanding and recognition of the organizational patterns related to the Periodic Table of Elements. Current System: Students organize cards based on their related patterns. The ‘best’ solution in this case is to arrange cards in columns of increasing number of sides, increasing numbers from left to right, increasing numbers from top to bottom, and the shading becomes darker from top left to bottom right. • Project Goals: • Automate the Current System • Implement Record and Playback Functionality • Allow for creation of new tile sets The CLIP System: The system mimics the current system’s ability to arrange tiles by means of simple and intuitive drag-and-drop functionality. The system allows students to add missing tiles or leave tiles out of a final arrangement. When adding or excluding tiles, the system can prompt students for their reasoning behind doing so. When a student finishes arranging tiles, a log file can be saved and electronically submitted to the professor. Playback Functionality: Log files can be used to view the moves a student made from beginning to end. Their reasoning for adding and excluding tiles can also be viewed through playback mode. This functionality serves two purposes. First, it allows professors a method to grade students when the system is used for assignments. Second, the system can be used as a research tool to gain insight into the thought processes of users as they try to perform these pattern recognition activities. Tile Set Creation: The CLIP system allows for the creation of additional tile sets. Images used to represent tiles are created outside of the system. These images are then added to a tile set, set options can be configured, and then the new tile set can be used to arrange tiles. Website: http://www.cs.siue.edu/SeniorProjects/2005/fall/CLIP/