Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Uma Boregowda ¹, P. Sunitha ¹, A. Geetha Kiran ¹, H. S. Chandrashekar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, IN

Abstract

In an attempt to improve student learning in terms of acquired knowledge and its applicability, the idea of using senior undergraduate students to tutor junior undergraduate students is attempted. The goal of the tutoring program is to provide an interactive atmosphere that will help junior computer science students to better understand the fundamental and advanced concepts, and also to provide an opportunity for senior students to develop teaching, organizational and leadership skills. This paper illustrates the approach experimented at our department for the course on microprocessor. The approach is based on the use of enthusiastic and fairly intelligent senior students to tutor junior students through discussion, problem solving and demonstration of important topics in the course. The experience of both faculty and students involved in the entire process has endorsed that this approach creates an effective learning environment, wherein all stakeholders like department, faculty, junior and senior students are benefited.

Keywords

Tutor, Education.

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P. Sunitha ¹, Uma Boregowda ¹, A. Geethakiran ¹, R. E. Margaret ², A. M. Vinod ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka, IN
2 Department of Master of Computer Applications, Malnad College of Engineering,Hassan, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

Students and educators are the main components of any teaching system wherein educators play an important role. The vision of every educator is to make every student a successful IT professional in the current industry scenario. To meet the requirements of the IT industry, we need to enhance the quality of our students through effective teaching. Many studies have shown that life skills along with technical skill decide the success of a person. Hence, an attempt is made to improve both technical and life skills of students through regular engineering courses, instead of having separate courses on communication skills and ethical values. The idea of enhancing the skills of students through our proposed approach is experimented for the "Algorithm Design and Analysis" course. Our experimented process of effective teaching through programming assignments has given a very satisfactory result and the students are also happy about their accomplishments in the course.

Keywords

Algorithm Analysis and Design Course, Programming, Assignment.

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Uma Boregowda ¹, P. Sunitha ¹, A. Geetha Kiran ¹, H. S. Chandrashekar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, IN

Abstract

In an attempt to improve student learning in terms of acquired knowledge and its applicability, the idea of using senior undergraduate students to tutor junior undergraduate students is attempted. The goal of the tutoring program is to provide an interactive atmosphere that will help junior computer science students to better understand the fundamental and advanced concepts, and also to provide an opportunity for senior students to develop teaching, organizational and leadership skills. This paper illustrates the approach experimented at our department for the course on microprocessor. The approach is based on the use of enthusiastic and fairly intelligent senior students to tutor junior students through discussion, problem solving and demonstration of important topics in the course. The experience of both faculty and students involved in the entire process has endorsed that this approach creates an effective learning environment, wherein all stakeholders like department, faculty, junior and senior students are benefited.

Keywords

Tutor, Education.

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Uma Boregowda ¹, P. Sunitha ¹, A. Geetha Kiran ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

The prime job of an engineer is to manipulate energy,materials and information in order to create facilities and benefits for mankind. To perform this successfully, an engineer needs sound knowledge which is beyond mere theory and it also encompasses other life skills. The laboratory courses are an important part of professional and engineering undergraduate education; and they are the ideal place for active learning. Programming is an essential skill that must be mastered by anyone interested in studying computer science. Our experiences in teaching have proven that significant number of students find programming to be difficult and disheartening.This underlines the need for making the programming laboratory courses more effective, interesting and encouraging. In an attempt to achieve this, we have experimented students mentoring schemes during the laboratory classes. Student mentoring is just a form of support given to students, which has shown positive impact on their learning, thereby improving the quality of the engineering graduates. Few other methods are also proposed to make the laboratory course more professional and exciting.

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