Troubleshooters and Analysis of Their Usage for the Course “Databases” in the University of Tartu
Name
Karl Erik Ott
Abstract
"Databases" is a course at the University of Tartu that aims to provide students with an overview of the tools used for creating and managing relational databases and to introduce them to the theoretical foundations of relational databases. In 2023, 384 students from 27 different curricula registered for the course, which means that the participants' prior exposure to databases varies greatly. To reduce the course supervisors’ workload and help the learners get faster answers to the questions that arise while solving homework, troubleshooters were developed as part of this bachelor's thesis. Troubleshooters are a learning tool consisting of question-clue pairs intended to identify the learner's problem area through questions and, if needed, provide a clue to help solve the task. As part of this thesis, troubleshooters were created for six different homework assignments, a total of 22 tasks. The use of troubleshooters was analyzed using a feedback survey sent to the students. The survey investigated when students turned to troubleshooters, how much help they received from troubleshooters, and how they assessed the amount of information contained in the troubleshooters. In addition, the homework scores of troubleshooters’ users and non-users were compared. There was no noticeable difference in the homework scores between troubleshooters’ users and non-users.
Graduation Thesis language
Estonian
Graduation Thesis type
Bachelor - Computer Science
Supervisor(s)
Piret Luik, Marina Lepp
Defence year
2023