Database Laboratory Instruction for Undergraduates: A Cooperative Learning Approach

9451489迪特里希这个仪器和实验室改进项目涉及本科数据库课程的修订，包括一个实验室项目，让学生获得使用商业数据库产品的实践经验。 这项工作的一个独特方面是合作学习技术在小组项目管理中的使用方式。 每个项目根据数据库开发的不同功能方面分为不同的阶段。 这些阶段包括需求分析、概念建模、关系数据库设计和视图建模、表单/报表设计和应用程序编程。 学生在项目过程中承担不同的角色，例如领导小组活动的阶段领导者，组织文档活动的阶段记录员，评估小组成员学习的概念的阶段检查员，以及领导每个阶段技术活动的阶段技术顾问。这种方法的优点是，它不仅可以让学生在学习过程中成为更积极的参与者，但它也可以让学生发展良好的领导和沟通技巧，同时学习数据库系统软件的实际使用。 因此，该项目正在建立一个教学环境，提供一个理论和实践的平衡组合，重点是合作学习。

9451489 Dietrich This Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement project involves the revision of an undergraduate database course to include a laboratory project that allows students to acquire practical experience using a commercial database product. A unique aspect of the work is the way in which cooperative learning techniques are used in administration of the group projects. Each project is divided into different phases corresponding to different functional aspects of database development. Those phases include requirements analysis, conceptual modeling, relational database design and view modeling, forms/report design, and application programming. Students assume different roles during the course of the project, such as phase leader for leading group activities, phase recorder for organizing documentation activities, phase checker for evaluating group members on the concepts that they have learned, and phase technical advisor for leading the technical activities of each phase. The advantage of this approach is that it not only allows students to become more active participants in the learning process but it also allows students to develop good leadership and communication skills while learning the practical use of database system software. This project is therefore establishing a teaching environment that provides a well-balanced mix of theory and practice with emphasis on cooperative learning.