[Edu-sig] Encouraging students to plan effectively

[Timothy Wilson]

Hi everyone,

I'm interested in hearing some strategies that I can use for foster good
planning on the part of students in my classes. We're just starting our
latest project
(http://www.isd197.org/sibley/cs/icp/assignments/portfolio_html) and I'm
going to have them working in teams of four (a pair of programming pairs).

Do you have a formal way of encouraging (enforcing?) a planning process?

Does anyone use UML when they get to OOP? (We're not quite there yet.)

-Tim

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