Collaborative Research: Teaching Data Structures to the Millennial Generation

这项提议的重点是向千禧一代教授数据结构的新方法，以及开发支持这些结构的工具。该项目解决了数据结构设计和分析中的关键概念的交流，这通常是在一门名为CS2的课程中教授的，因为这通常是计算机科学专业的第二门课程。这门课程充满了强大的思想，有很多应用，但关键概念并没有得到许多学生的正确理解。这种缺乏热情可能是因为这些概念经常以与学生先前的经验和期望不产生共鸣的方式呈现和证明是合理的。该项目将采用这种历史的方法，并用更有活力和可视化的方法取而代之，这种方法与以前的基于文本的方法一样严谨，内容领先，但更符合现代学生的学习方式。该项目的组成部分特别侧重于研究多媒体的使用，可视化教学风格，以及激发来自社会和互联网的应用程序。一个基本的目标是教计算机科学的千禧一代学生如何设计和利用数据结构，以一种结合新技术的方式，并展示所教授的主题与其潜在应用之间的联系。

This proposal focuses on novel approaches to teaching data structures to the Millennial Generation and on the development of tools to support them. The project addresses the communication of key concepts in the design and analysis of data structures, which are typically taught in a course known by the acronym CS2, as it is often the second course that a computer science student will take in their major. This course is full of powerful ideas that have many applications, yet key concepts are not properly appreciated by many students. This lack of enthusiasm is likely due to the fact that these concepts are often presented and justified in ways that do not resonate with the student's prior experiences and expectations. This project will take this historical approach and replace it with a more vibrant and visual approach that is just as rigorous and content led as the previous text-based approach, but is a better match to the way modern students learn.The components of the project are particularly focused on studying the use of multimedia, visual teaching styles, and motivating applications from society and the Internet. A fundamental goal is to teach computer science students of the Millennial Generation how to design and utilize data structures in a way that incorporates new technologies and shows the connection between topics being taught and their potential applications.