Making the Abstract Concrete: A Proposal to Improve the Teaching of Advanced Computer Science Concepts in a Predominantly Hispanic Institute

使抽象具体化：改善以西班牙裔为主的学院的高级计算机科学概念教学的提案

• 批准号: 9650002
• 负责人: Curtis Sollohub
• 金额: $ 8.13万
• 依托单位: New Mexico Highlands University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-07-01 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9650002&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Making; Abstract; Concrete; Proposal; Improve

This university serves the predominantly Hispanic population of northern New Mexico. Many of the students attending the institution have not, for whatever reason, not had the opportunity to develop their skills of abstraction. It is difficult then for them to be successful and self-confident in the study of disciplines such as Computer Science. This project seeks to address the issue of how to teach the abstract concepts found in upper-division Computer Science courses to such a student population. The basic assumption of the project is that the abstractions of Computer Science can be better taught to such students through concrete demonstrations and hands-on experimentation. The department is currently performing experiments and demonstrations of the new hardware and software to be used in the laboratory settings. The goal is to enable more students to graduate with a deep understanding of Computer Science. Such students will make a better contribution in the workplace and are more likely to go on to graduate school. The lessons learned from this effort should be applicable to any institution with a similar student body.

这所大学主要为北方新墨西哥州的西班牙裔人口服务。 许多参加该机构的学生，无论出于何种原因，没有机会发展他们的抽象技能。 他们很难在计算机科学等学科的学习中取得成功和自信。这个项目旨在解决如何教抽象概念的问题，发现在高年级计算机科学课程，这样的学生群体。该项目的基本假设是，计算机科学的抽象可以通过具体的演示和动手实验更好地教授给这些学生。该部门目前正在进行实验和演示的新硬件和软件将用于实验室设置。我们的目标是让更多的学生毕业时对计算机科学有深刻的理解。 这样的学生将在工作场所做出更好的贡献，更有可能继续读研究生。从这一努力中吸取的经验教训应该适用于任何拥有类似学生团体的机构。