Engineering Foundation Year Sustaining Success Feedback Exercise

class exercise to use exiting feedback to gain insights and practice refection and objective target setting

INFO1010 Presentations - small group exercise

Quick in class exercise to familiarise students with key points in presentation. timing is tight, but possible to run four groups with four minute presentation, one minute feedback on each slot, and five minute wash up. Associated coursework specification and mark scheme included, but also located at This item will be online at: http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/4201/ slides specify two scenarios

Room for Writing: moving from abstract to extended abstract

An developmental exercise to help grow the superstructure of a report. A paper by Repko discussing common ground is included, you are also advised to look at the set text, Chapter 11, Page 271

Numbers game

This is an exercise to use with groups. It was sent to Debra Morris in 2007, by David Jaques, an educationalist with many years' experience in groupwork.

Sequences and Modules

This is a presentation introducing students to algorithmic concepts such as sequencing, pseudocode and modularity. It includes a class exercise to define the algorithm to make a cup of tea.

COMP6043 Analysis of Textual Data

Class exercise to analyse qualitative data mediated on use of a set of transcripts, augmented by videos from web site. Discussion is around not only how the data is codes, interview bias, dimensions of analysis. Designed as an introduction.

Looking at reflective writing

Two reflection exercise to help you understand the reflection process better, and how to evaluate this type of activity In each case you are asked to read through some reflective writing, and then decide how they compare

Sustaining Success Task 4: Reflection and Action - basic

A reflection exercise to help you understand the reflection process better

Room for Writing: Automated note taking

An introductory exercise to practice when reading papers