Complete thesis - Murdoch University

of the how do I do this? and what do I do now? types) as well as addressing conceptualqueries. An example of the latter is provided below 4 .Subject: instancesDate: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 20:34:22 +0800From:[Morgan]To: Jocelyn Armarego Hi, [...] The def. for superclass in Brown page 143 seems alittle inaccurate; I think it should say that: superclass - aclass that is a generalization of its subclasses.Especially I thought it shouldn’t say that it includes all the*instances* of its subclasses ... because I thought we aredealing with object definitions (not instaces) at the classlevel, and objects are *instanciated* when the program runs.Since each session had been allocated one or two topics (ie from the web resources) it becamefairly clear which students were falling behind – these would prefer to watch modelling (iethe teacher doing the work) rather than engage in coaching – the students providing exampleexercises for the class to comment. The Week 4 Year survey confirmed this perception:sample negative comments included: lots of work; some concepts hard to understand wherethey are useful. Some overarching issues were also evident not enough info of what ... we areexpected to achieve; too much reading for the week makes the brain squirm.These concerns needed to be addressed during the semester – time out was made to discussthe nature of RE, it’s place and importance in software development, a revisit to the UnitOutline – which described the aims and objectives of the unit (this document was alwaysavailable online – most students accessed it at some time during each session, as it alsoincluded the topic breakdown on a week-by-week basis). A compromise on the workloadissue was reached – a mandatory minimum set of elements for the Portfolio were defined.While this latter appeared to relieve some of the stress in the class, at least one student wasnot impressed: no pressure to do weekly work.On the positive side, although attendance at workshops was not compulsory, participationwas very high (generally 90 - 100%): active participation on the part of most students wasan indicator of engagement with the unit (helpful class sessions; lab teaching is good; fun4 Throughout this thesis all students are given aliases258