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Turning Homework & Exams on their Head – Deeper Learning by Putting Students in Charge

This project explores the CLASS concept, which involves giving students ownership of the entire problem life cycle through an online system. It promotes deeper learning, active engagement, and interest in subjects.

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Turning Homework & Exams on their Head – Deeper Learning by Putting Students in Charge

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  1. Turning Homework & Exams on their Head – Deeper Learning by Putting Students in Charge(CLASS Project) Michael Bieber With help from Erick Sanchez, Ye Xiong, and many others… Information Systems Department College of Computing Sciences New Jersey Institute of Technology https://web.njit.edu/~bieber December 2015

  2. Outline • Motivation • CLASS concept • Design and programming project

  3. Motivation • Deeper Learning & Interest in subjects • Learning through active engagement • involve students as active participants • How? • give students ownership of entire problem life cycle • online system to streamline management

  4. Make up problems Learning from doing the CLASS activities Solve problems Grade solutions Dispute grade

  5. Inquiry-based Learning Make up problems Learning from doing the CLASS activities Domain Learning Solve problems Peer Assessment Grade solutions 1 2 Self Assessment Dispute grade

  6. Make up problems Learning from doing the CLASS activities Read- other problems - other solutions - grade justifications - disputes Solve problems learning from reading everything peers write Grade solutions 1 2 Dispute grade

  7. Students perform Instructors usually perform Make up problems Edit problems Students canread everything Solve problems Grade solution 1 2 Resolve gradedisagreement Resolve dispute Dispute grade

  8. Students perform Instructors usually perform Problem Rubric Make up problems Edit problems Students canread everything Solve problems GradingRubric Grade solution 1 2 Resolve gradedisagreement Resolve dispute Dispute grade

  9. CLASS Prototype

  10. Design & Implementation • Fixing Features • Instructor Navigation Panel • Add users from roster • Export grades to Excel • Updated algorithms • Adding guidelines/rubrics • Status reports for students • Assignment Editor • Flexible Structure • New database structure • New task screens • New task types • Commenting • Groups Problem Rubric Make up problems Edit problems Students canread everything Solve problems GradingRubric Grade solution 1 2 Resolve gradedisagreement Resolve dispute Dispute grade

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