Teaching problem solving, computing, and information technology with robots
Teaching problem solving, computing, and information technology with robots
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用机器人教授问题解决、计算和信息技术
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2002
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K. Gossett
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Thomas R. Flowers;K. Gossett
美国军事学院的电气工程和计算机科学系使用乐高头脑风暴机器人和Java作为主动学习环境的一部分，用于教授信息技术（IT）和计算机解决问题。美国西点军校（United States Military Academy at West Point）要求学生在第一年学习一门关于信息技术和解决计算机问题的课程。本课程是一个重要的机会，让本科生接触到将成为他们日常生活和未来职业的一部分的技术和概念。Mindstorms机器人在计算机科学入门课程中用于教授解决问题的技能、基本的计算机编程概念，并介绍自动驾驶汽车、嵌入式计算机系统、传感器和计算机模拟的概念。对参加课程的学生的短期影响是非常积极的，我们相信长期影响将是巨大的。西点军校的教职员工为头脑风暴机器人Jago开发了一个完全用Java编写的计算机编程环境。Jago使学生能够用Java编写程序，这些程序将在图形模拟器和机器人中运行。Jago使学生能够直观地评估他们的算法解决方案，一些学生更容易掌握。基于这些结果，我们将Jago纳入了西点军校的核心IT课程。
The Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the United States Military Academy uses the Lego Mindstorms robot and Java as part of the active-learning environment used to teach Information Technology (IT) and problem solving with computers. The United States Military Academy at West Point requires students to take a course on IT and problem solving with computers during their first year. This course is an important opportunity to expose undergraduate students to technology and concepts that will be a part of their daily lives and future careers. The Mindstorms robots are used in the introductory computer science course to teach problem solving skills, fundamental computer programming concepts, and to introduce the concepts of autonomous vehicles, embedded computer systems, sensors, and computer simulation. The short-term impact on the students taking the course has been very positive, and we are confident that the long-term impact will be substantial. Members of the faculty at West Point developed a computer programming environment completely in Java for the Mindstorms robot called Jago. Jago enables students to write programs in Java that will run in a graphic simulator and in the robot. Jago enables the students to visually evaluate their algorithmic solutions, which some students can more easily grasp. Based on these results we have incorporated Jago into the core IT course taught at West Point.