Data Acquisition, Output Control, and Graphics: Teaching Objects with Real Objects in First-Year Computer Science

该项目将为与计算机科学第一年课程CS 1相关的封闭实验室开发一套新的高度激励的体验。在这些实验中，学生将从外部世界(传感器、操纵杆等)获取数据，显示并以其他方式处理数据，并控制外部世界的过程。操纵杆实验室的初步经验相当成功，学生们反应热烈。将要开发的实验室的核心思想将相对独立于语言；实验室最初将实现为C语言，然后实现为Java(Java实验室应该是C实验室的直接翻译)。这些实验室将使用的设备要么已经是许多计算机系统的一部分(例如操纵杆和声卡)，要么相当便宜。许多实验室将涉及学生团队，而不是个人工作。预计这些新的实验体验将显著提高学生的积极性，因为它们将允许学生使用真实世界的数据，控制外部设备，并产生看起来专业的图形输出。

This project will develop a new set of highly motivating experiences for a closed laboratory associated with CS 1, the first-year computer science course. In these labs, students will acquire data from the external world (sensors, joystick, etc.), display and otherwise process it, and control processes in the external world. Preliminary experience with a joystick lab has been quite successful; student reaction was enthusiastic. The core ideas in the labs to be developed will be relatively language independent; the labs will initially be implemented for C++ and then later for Java (the Java labs should be a straight-forward translation of the C++ ones). The labs will utilize equipment which is either already part of many computer systems (e.g., joysticks and sound cards) or is fairly inexpensive. Many of the labs will involve student teams rather than individual work. It is anticipated that these new lab experiences will significantly increase student motivation, since they will allow students to work with real world data, control external devices, and produce professional-looking graphic output.