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ECLIPSE PREDICTOR
Jason Carter
WHY USE THIS SOFTWARE
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Estimates total time spent on an each assignment
Help me accomplish one of my research goals
Knows the assignment
ONE OF THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT
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Automatically predict when students are having difficulty with some aspect of code
Student1 Student2
Notify a TA that the students are having a problem
You are stuck.Student 1 is stuck.
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL
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Student
int i = 0;
1. Edit line of code2. Set breakpoint
Log of Programming Actions
Log your programming actions
Monitor how you are doing?
HOW DO WE KNOW HOW YOU ARE DOING?
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We define how you are doing as your status.
Define several types of statuses.
COULD USE HELP
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You think you have an idea that can fix a problem, but you aren't sure how to implement it
STUCK
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You cannot solve a problem and have exhausted most of your resources such as searching the web or asking a student for
help
EUREKA
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You have finally solved a problem or just got out of being stuck
MAKING PROGRESS
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When the software guesses that you are stuck, could use help, or eureka, but you are actually making progress
BACK FROM BREAK
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You have been inactive for a certain amount of time.
Back from break is when you return from inactivity.
EXPLICITLY INDICATE CURRENT STATUS
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TRAINING THE SOFTWARE
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Software will predict your status and give you a notification
Correct the software by pressing the button that corresponds to your status
TRAIN SOFTWARE TO BETTER ESTIMATE TOTAL TIME
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Correct the break time
The default break time is 15 min.
BREAK TIME FEATURE
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Total break time, Average Break Time, Last Break Time
INSTALLATION
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Download plug-in from: cs.unc.edu/~carterjl/comp401/eclipsePredictor.jar
The name of the plug-in is eclipsePredictor.jar
User Manual will soon be available for download.