Collaborative Research: Teaching Data Structures to the Millennial Generation

该提案侧重于向千禧一代教授数据结构的新方法，以及开发支持它们的工具。该项目解决了数据结构设计和分析中的关键概念的交流，这些概念通常在缩写为CS2的课程中教授，因为它通常是计算机科学专业学生将参加的第二门课程。这门课程充满了强大的思想，有许多应用，但关键概念没有得到正确的理解，许多学生。这种缺乏热情可能是由于这些概念通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。这个项目将采用这种历史性的教学方法，取而代之的是一种更生动、更直观的教学方法。这种方法与以前的文本教学方法一样严格，以内容为导向，但更适合现代学生的学习方式。该项目的组成部分特别关注研究多媒体的使用，视觉教学风格，以及来自社会和互联网的激励应用。一个基本目标是教千禧一代的计算机科学学生如何设计和利用数据结构的方式，结合新技术，并显示正在教授的主题和它们的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.