Description
Database design is as much an art as it is a science. In order for students to become skilled enough to produce an effective design, they will need to achieve the synthesis level of Bloom's taxonomy. Given the effort involved in reaching that level, a constructivist approach may not be sufficient. Based on learning styles research, it can be shown that learners with a mastery level coping style will be more likely to stick with the process long enough to achieve the synthesis level than will learners with a helpless learning style. The process described in this paper incorporates many standard database teaching techniques, along with an innovative example and various pedagogical techniques to help the student adopt a mastery level mindset and achieve the necessary level of cognitive skill to effectively design databases.
Date of creation, presentation, or exhibit
2007
Document Type
Conference Paper
Department, Program, or Center
Accounting (SCB)
Recommended Citation
Neely, M. Pamela, "Mastery level learning and the art of database design" (2007). Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/other/638
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
Proceedings of the Thirteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works in February 2014.