Introducing Database Normal Forms to Students: A Comparison Between Theory-First and Practice-First Educational Approaches

08/05/2025 13 min
Introducing Database Normal Forms to Students: A Comparison Between Theory-First and Practice-First Educational Approaches

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In this episode, we explore a paper published by Dakota Cookenmaster, Jacob Bahn, and Prof. Harvey Alférez entitled Introducing Database Normal Forms to Students: A Comparison Between Theory-First and Practice-First Educational Approaches. Cookenmaster, D.C., Bahn, J.A., Alférez, G.H. (2023). Introducing Database Normal Forms to Students: A Comparison Between Theory-First and Practice-First Educational Approaches. In: Arai, K. (eds) Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2022, Volume 3. FTC 2022 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 561. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18344-7_12 This podcast is brought to you by the School of Computing at Southern Adventist University. If you’re interested in exploring the world of computing, from software development to data science and beyond, visit southern.edu/computing.