INNOVATIVE PRACTICES

Semester & Branch: Sem I  Computer Engineering

Course Code & Name: BCE21B01, Computer Programming and Problem Solving

Name of the Faculty member: Dr. Sujata R Kolhe

Active Learning Strategy: Role Play

Topic: Sorting Algorithms

Date: 13 Oct 2023

Role play:

Role play encourages participation among passive learners, adds dynamism to the classroom and promotes the retention of material.

Benefit of the Role play:

• Students immediately apply content in a relevant, real world context.

• Students can transcend and think beyond the confines of the classroom setting.

• Students see the relevance of the content for handling real world situations.

• The instructor and students receive immediate feedback with regard to student understanding of the content.

• Students engage in higher order thinking and learn content in a deeper way.

• Instructors can create useful scenarios when setting the parameters of the role play when real scenarios or contexts might not be readily available

Course Outcome: CO4-Apply the searching and sorting techniques for problem solving.

How we implemented Role play:

• The faculty has discussed the concept of Sorting in the class and asked them to prepare for a role play.

• The students formed groups and prepared for the role play.

• The students enacted Sorting Algorithms like Insertion Sort and Sorting by Exchange.

• Students have taken the role of numbers and the execution steps of the algorithm are mimicked by actions.