Course Name: Design and Pedagogy of the Introductory Programming Course

Course abstract

College level computer programming is difficult to teach. Failure rates in programming courses are high worldwide, and in India it is noted that students are not able to write simple programs despite completing degrees in computer science. This course will consider the following questions. - How do you design the syllabus for an introductory programming course? - How do you teach it so that it captures the attention of students? - How do you design examinations, and programming assignments which are fair and encourage students to learn in the desired manner? We will sketch out a course design, and strategies for teaching the course. It will use the C++ languages, but most ideas will be independent of the language.


Course Instructor

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Abhiram G. Ranade

Abhiram G. Ranade is a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay. He obtained a B. Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1981. In 1988 he obtained a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale University, USA. He was an Assistant professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley, USA during 1988-94. Since 1995 he has been a faculty member in IIT Bombay. His research interests are Algorithms, Combinatorial Optimization, Scheduling in Transportation Systems, and Programming Education. He has won the Excellence in Teaching Award of IIT Bombay in 2006-7 and 2010-11.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Viraj Kumar

PhD completed in 2007

 Course Duration : Feb-Mar 2020
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 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2019 to 24-Feb-2020
 Exam registration : 16-Dec-2019 to 20-Mar-2020
 Exam Date : 26-Apr-2020

Enrolled

1458

Registered

5

Certificate Eligible

2

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Silver

1

Elite

1

Successfully completed

0

Participation

0

Success

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Silver

Gold




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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 3 out of 4 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Design and Pedagogy of the Introductory Programming Course - Toppers list

RAJASHREE CHAURASIA 77%

GURU NANAK DEV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1458

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 84

Assignment Statistics



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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.