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Preparation station: a practice tool for CS1 and CS2 students in peerspace

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Cen Li,

Zhijiang Dong,

Roland H. Untch,

Divya JagadeeshAuthors Info & Claims

ACMSE '11: Proceedings of the 49th annual ACM Southeast Conference

Pages 322 - 323

https://doi.org/10.1145/2016039.2016128

Published: 24 March 2011 Publication History

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Addressing the needs of students in entry-level Computer Science courses, an online social-network-based learning environment, PeerSpace, was successfully developed to enhance student learning and performance. PeerSpace integrates a suite of Web 2.0 tools that promote student interactions on course-related topics as well as purely social matters. Part of this suite is a practice tool, Preparation Station, developed to strengthen and reinforce students' grasp of concepts learned in class, to encourage student participation in PeerSpace, and to trigger course-related communication among students. PeerSpace is implemented atop the open-source Elgg social network framework. This paper presents design of Preparation Station as well as an assessment of its effectiveness in improving student learning.

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C. Li, Z. J. Dong, R. Untch, N. Reale, M. Chasteen, Deveoping an online peer learning environment for computer science students", to appear in the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Hong Kong, July, 2011.

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Z. J. Dong, C. Li, R. Untch, "Building Peer Support Network for CS2 Students", in Proceedings of the 48^th ACM Southeast Conference, Kennesaw, GA, March 2011.

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Preparation station: a practice tool for CS1 and CS2 students in peerspace
1. Social and professional topics
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    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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ACMSE '11: Proceedings of the 49th annual ACM Southeast Conference

March 2011

399 pages

ISBN:9781450306867

DOI:10.1145/2016039

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Victor Clincy
Kennesaw State University
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Kennesaw State University
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Jose Garrido
Kennesaw State University
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Venu Dasigi
Southern Polytechnic State University

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