Teaching an Introductory Database Course: A Comparison of Performance for Group Vs. Individual Projects and in-class Versus Online Quizzes

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2-2013

Publication Title

Southeast Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings

Abstract

Given the explosion in the amount of information and data available to organizations, the importance of the ability of an organization to understand and analyze that data to leverage the knowledge gained is increasing. In a university setting, where entry-level IT workers are educated, the course related to data is typically an introductory database management or design course. This course is the basis for all other courses related to data storage or data analysis. A database course is part of the core curriculum for most information systems (IS), information technology (IT) and computer science (CS) degree programs. However, many students struggle with the concepts related to database analysis, design and implementation, specifically, ER-diagrams, relational mapping, normalization, and SQL. Faculty struggle with developing effective methods for teaching these difficult concepts. This paper compares multiple approaches used by a single faculty member for the introductory database course that is part of her degree program

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Georgia Southern University faculty member, Cheryl L. Aasheim authored Teaching an Introductory Database Course: A Comparison of Performance for Group Vs. Individual Projects and in-class Versus Online Quizzes.

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