1. There's More to a Course Than a Good Idea Paul Gestwicki Ball State University March 15, 2008 SIGCSE

2. There's More to a Course than a Good Idea2 Major Topics, Fall 2006 OO Design Theory Polymorphic Calculator Music Adventure Game

3. There's More to a Course than a Good Idea3 Grade Distribution: Fall 2006

4. There's More to a Course than a Good Idea4 Major Topics Fall 2006 OO Design Theory Polymorphic Calculator Music Adventure Game Spring 2007 OO Design Theory Lunar Lander Animation Music Diffusion-Limited Aggregation

5. There's More to a Course than a Good Idea5 Grade Distribution: Fall and Spring

6. There's More to a Course than a Good Idea6 Qualitative Observations Fewer questions Almost no office visits Worse attendance in lectures and labs No “star performers”

7. There's More to a Course than a Good Idea7 Who were they?

8. There's More to a Course than a Good Idea8 Conclusions (?)‏ Good ideas don't always work.