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ERIC Number: ED405827
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: 6
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The Computerized "Assistant Prof."
Shough, J. Stuart
The computerized "Assistant Prof" program at the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg is written in Lotus 1-2-3 to aid college professors in all their various administrative duties. The program performs four distinctive functions: (1) record keeping; (2) form producing; (3) grade calculating; and (4) feedback of student class standing as well as complex grade calculations and what-if analysis. The first three functions of the program are used to maintain students' names, identification, class attendance, class participation, homework performance, grades on writing assignments, points for extra credit, and grades on quizzes, tests and exams. Macros are selected from drop-down menus to allow the professor to enter information. Manual input, meaning that macros from drop-down menus are not used, is required for some of the record-keeping. In the student feedback component, macros create a bar chart, line graph, and a pie chart after each test. These can be given to every student in order to provide a visual aid of individual as well as class performance. In addition, based on a student's performance to date, the program can provide the scores that one must attain to reach a desired letter grade in the course. Attendance, class participation, chapter quizzes, chapter homework, and writing assignments equal one test called Test IV, which contains formulas that drop the students' lowest quiz score. Five figures provide examples of the worksheet with average grades and letter grades; student file folders; Test IV totals sheet; class graph and pie chart; and"what-if" analysis. (AEF)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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