Lisa Lacher

University of Houston - Clear Lake | UHCL · Division of Computing and Mathematics

Working effectively as part of a team is an incredibly important skill to learn. Most jobs require interacting and working with others and the outcome of a team project relies on the processes of the group members. Naturally, a positive team experience yields better results than a negative experience. The biggest indicators of a positive team exper...

This paper explores the development of a plotting package for Scala called SwiftVis2 and its integration with Spark. While there are many design goals for SwiftVis2, the goal we focus on in this paper is to enable the early stages of data exploration to be easily done with Scala. We compare SwiftVis2 to other plotting libraries for Scala and presen...

In an effort to improve student performance in a flipped classroom environment, this paper explores the impact of including auto-graded coding questions in gate check quizzes associated with videos for a flipped CS1 course. Previous work showed that having students complete multiple choice questions that were intended to verify that they had done t...

This paper looks at different factors and how they correlate with student success in an attempt to determine effective ways to divide students between sections that maximize the chance of student success. While it has been relatively common to separate students with previous experience from those who do not have it, it is not clear that this is the...

Managers recognize that software development teams need to be developed. Although technical skills are necessary, non-technical (NT) skills are equally, if not more, necessary for project success. Currently, there are no proven tools to measure the NT skills of software developers or software development teams. Behavioral markers (observable behavi...

Managers recognize that software development project teams need to be developed and guided. Although technical skills are necessary, non-technical (NT) skills are equally, if not more, necessary for project success. Currently, there are no proven tools to measure the NT skills of software developers or software development teams. Behavioral markers...

The use of online videos and flipped classrooms is a natural fit for many CS courses, especially in the introductory sequence, and the use of these techniques is growing. However, the benefits of these techniques depend heavily on student preparation before class meetings. This paper presents tests of the effectiveness of basic multiple choice quiz...

Flipping the classroom has become much more common in the last several years, but in the field of Computer Science it is still a much rarer means of delivery than the traditional classroom setting. One big concern is whether or not students will spend the preparation time necessary outside of the classroom in order to come prepared to class ready t...