A Hardware Laboratory for Incorporating Computer Science Theory with Real-World Interests and Difficulties

将计算机科学理论与现实世界的兴趣和困难相结合的硬件实验室

• 批准号: 9950839
• 负责人: Carl Steidley
• 金额: $ 3.57万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-01 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9950839&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Hardware; Laboratory; Incorporating; Computer; Science

The goal of this project is to better prepare students of computer science, both majors and minors, in the areas of systems and hardware-dependent software development. An active learning laboratory built around the central theme of the interdependence of software and hardware in the computer, as well as in embedded systems, is being developed. This laboratory is based upon similar labs developed under previous NSF support, but adds some unique components such as mobile robots and an instrumented model railroad to provide exposure to complex, real-world problems. This laboratory serves as the hands-on experimentation center for two required senior-level capstone computer science courses. Since this is a predominantly Hispanic-serving institution, the project is involving students in "near-peer" teaching to attract more students from the minority service area to study mathematics, science, and computer science.Students graduating from this program have hands-on experiences with hardware interfacing, data acquisition, real-time programming and observing actual results of numerically computed solutions to problems. They are better prepared for positions as systems developers and applications programmers, thereby filling a need in the local workforce for such skills. As a result of their interaction with this lab, students are also better prepared for graduate school. Evaluation of the project includes pre, mid and post data collection of student satisfaction with the courses. It also includes collection of student test scores on the ETS Major Field Assessment Test in Computer Science and evaluation of student projects by an independent computer science faculty jury. Dissemination is being accomplished by presentations at ACM, ASEE, and IEEE conferences as well as through a web page with practical information about how to implement a similar lab and projects for other faculty members.

该项目的目标是为计算机科学专业的学生，包括主修和辅修计算机科学的学生，在系统和依赖硬件的软件开发领域做好更好的准备。围绕计算机和嵌入式系统中软件和硬件的相互依存这一中心主题，正在开发一个主动学习实验室。这个实验室基于之前在NSF支持下开发的类似实验室，但增加了一些独特的组件，如移动机器人和仪表化模型铁路，以提供接触复杂的现实世界问题的机会。这个实验室是两门高级计算机科学必修课的动手实验中心。由于这是一所主要为拉美裔服务的机构，该项目正在让学生参与“近同行”教学，以吸引更多来自少数族裔服务领域的学生学习数学、科学和计算机科学。该项目的毕业生有实践经验，包括硬件接口、数据采集、实时编程和观察问题的数字计算解决方案的实际结果。他们为系统开发人员和应用程序编程人员的职位做好了更好的准备，从而填补了本地劳动力对这类技能的需求。通过与本实验的互动，学生也为研究生院做好了更好的准备。该项目的评估包括收集学生对课程满意度的前、中、后数据。它还包括收集学生在计算机科学ETS专业领域评估测试中的测试成绩，以及由独立的计算机科学教师评审团对学生项目进行评估。传播是通过在ACM、ASEE和IEEE会议上的演讲以及通过一个网页来实现的，该网页提供了关于如何为其他教员实施类似的实验室和项目的实用信息。