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Playing Jeopardy in the Classroom: An Empirical Study
Mark G. Simkin
Journal of Information Systems Education Vol. 24, No. 3 (2013) pp. 203–210
Playing TV game shows such as "Jeopardy" or "Survivor" in the classroom can be fun. But does it improve student understanding of course concepts? To find out, the author conducted eight experimental trials in five separate...
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Five Data Validation Cases
Mark G. Simkin
Journal of Information Systems Education Vol. 19, No. 3 (2008) pp. 271–276
Data-validation routines enable computer applications to test data to ensure their accuracy, completeness, and conformance to industry or proprietary standards. This paper presents five programming cases that require students to validate five...
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Should You Allow Your Students to Grade Their Own Homework?
Mark G. Simkin
Journal of Information Systems Education Vol. 26, No. 2 (2015) pp. 147–153
Allowing students to grade their own homework promises several advantages to both students and instructors. But does such a policy make sense? This paper reports the results of an experiment in which eight separate assignments completed by...
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A Term Project in Visual Basic: The Downhill Snowboard Shop
Mark G. Simkin
Journal of Information Systems Education Vol. 18, No. 1 (2007) pp. 21–30
Most commercial programming applications are considerably more complex than the end-of-chapter exercises found in programming textbooks. This case addresses this problem by requiring the students in entry-level Visual Basic programming classes to...
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Why Is Performance on Multiple-Choice Tests and Constructed-Response Tests Not More Closely Related? Theory and an Empirical Test
William L. Kuechler; Mark G. Simkin
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education Vol. 8, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 55–73
Both professional certification and academic tests rely heavily on multiple-choice questions, despite the widespread belief that alternate, constructed-response questions are superior measures of a test taker's understanding of the underlying...
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Filling the Pipeline for IS Professionals: What Can IS Faculty Do?
William Kuechler; Alexander McLeod; Mark G. Simkin
Journal of Information Systems Education Vol. 20, No. 4 (2009) pp. 407–418
The large increases in the number of IS majors about ten years ago have been matched by equally large decreases in IS enrollments over the last few years. The authors used a survey of over 200 students to answer the question "what can faculty do to...
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Why Don't More Students Major in IS?
William L. Kuechler; Alexander McLeod; Mark G. Simkin
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education Vol. 7, No. 2 (July 2009) pp. 463–488
The large increases in the number of information systems (IS) majors about 10 years ago have been matched by equally large decreases in IS enrollments over the last few years. This article addresses the question of why students choose any major in...