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Computer Programming Courses
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"Keith J. Whittington" <[log in to unmask]>
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Keith J. Whittington
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Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:04:05 -0400
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Has anyone ever successfully implemented team-based learning in a computer programming course? I would love to use this approach, but the main focus of the course is to use various Java tool programs like JUnit, NetBeans, Ant, CVS, Java Security model,
Java 2D Graphics etc. The problem is that the way you learn this material is by writing code and the book indicates that writing assignments are poor choices.

If I give assign a team project, they will naturally split up the work where each member would program a different tool. This would be counter productive, since I want them to master all the programming tools.

Even the applied in-class exercises would be difficult to do since, in this case, the application of the concepts is the ability to use the tool, which requires writing code and doesn't fit the TBL model.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Keith

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