Re: Looking for a good Ada 95 book

[Dale Stanbrough <dale@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU>]

Jim Carr writes:

"Do you require that projects be submitted with a clearly written 
 cover memo / executive summary as well as documentation? 

 Has anyone experimented with a series of projects where a student is 
 required to use a routine from project N-1 that was written by another 
 student, to emphasize the need for clarity and documentation? 

 Does anyone use teams / collaborative learning in their CS classes? "

I suspect that almost all educators consider team work. However team work
is _really_ hard to get right. Often you end up with passengers in a team,
who pass having done nothing much (if they are hopeless, often other team
members take up the slack to ensure that _they_ pass).

Also on giving them work from other students... what if the work is
fundamentally flawed? How do you assess what they have done? Students 
don't like being penalised because of the failings of other students.

All of what you suggest is great - however the devil truly is in the
details.

Dale