Teaching query writing: an informed instruction approach

ABSTRACT

This paper is intended for those instructors asked to teach an undergraduate introductory class on SQL query writing, which is usually difficult for students to learn. After reading Bruer's Schools for Thought [1], we realized that we need to modify our approach so that it uses informed instruction (instead of traditional instruction) and since have noticed improvements in student performance in SQL query writing.

REFERENCES

• 1: Bruer, J., Schools for Thought, A Science for Learning in the Classroom, MIT Press, 1993.
• 2: Ramez Elmasri , Shamkant B. Navathe, Fundamentals of Database Systems (5th Edition), Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 2006
• 3: Meg Murray , Mario Guimaraes, Expanding the database curriculum, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, v.23 n.3, p.69-75, January 2008

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Computer science education

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Information systems education

General Terms:
Design

Keywords:
course pedagogy, database