[Year 12 SofDev] Students copying and pasting in learning tasks

[Sonia McDonald]

Hi,



I do it opposite to that. ☺



I show them an example final result on the projector, and let them figure out the code behind it (within a ridiculous time limit - say, 5 minutes).



Example:

  *   name:
  *   age:
  *   address:
  *   timetable
     *   monday:
     *   tuesday:....

The ones that can do it feel proud and are usually the ones that will help the others.



I also run in-class tests like that - where they are given a layout/design on a piece of paper, and they code the HTML/CSS to make it look exactly the same as the design. All within a ridiculous time limit. Albeit, the designs are quite simplistic, and the faster kids can extend themselves by adding other pages/images etc, while if the others cannot complete the tasks, they are given the opportunity to /**/ comment their reasons why. Then that gives me the ability to run through the parts they don't understand again - and extend the faster ones.



It's tough, but good for their brains!!



Regards,



Sonia McDonald

Teacher of Information Technology/Multimedia - Garnsey Campus



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Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] Students copying and pasting in learning tasks

Hi,

Does anyone have a good strategy to prevent students just copying and pasting code (or typing mindlessly!) when they are learning the basics of a language? I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve opened a kid’s web page they’ve coded in a text editor to be confronted with “Your Name” and “Write a few lines about yourself, using the ul and ol tags sensibly” neatly set out as <h1> and <p> in neat little divs exactly mimicking mine!

Laurie Savage
ICT Teacher | Student Assessment and Reporting Coordinator  |Pascoe Vale Girls College
Lake Ave, Pascoe Vale | 03 9306 2544 | savage.john.l at edumail.vic.gov.au


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