On Beyond Sudoku: Pencil Puzzles as an Engaging Problem Domain for Introductory Computer Science

超越数独：铅笔谜题作为计算机科学入门的一个引人入胜的问题领域

• 批准号: 1245349
• 负责人: Zack Butler
• 金额: $ 8万
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1245349&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Beyond; Sudoku; Pencil; Puzzles; Engaging

This project investigates the use of pencil puzzles as a rich and varied source of problems that are interesting to all types of students and can be applied to a wide range of topics throughout the introductory computer science curriculum. Pencil puzzles are puzzles that have been created to be solved on paper by humans through a deductive process. By their very nature, these puzzles have been created to appeal to a wide audience and to be easily understood - the most well-know is Sudoku but there are a plethora of other, less well-known but equally engaging, pencil puzzles. Since they are designed to be solved deductively, they draw solvers in and induce them to think algorithmically. This project studies the use of pencil puzzles to excite freshman computer science students and lead them to an understanding of specific computing content.

这个项目调查了铅笔拼图作为丰富多样的问题来源的使用，这些问题对所有类型的学生都很有趣，并且可以应用于整个计算机科学入门课程的广泛主题。铅笔拼图是由人类通过演绎过程在纸上解决的谜题。就其本质而言，这些谜题的设计吸引了广泛的受众，并且易于理解——最著名的是数独，但还有大量其他不太知名但同样引人入胜的铅笔谜题。因为它们被设计为演绎解决，它们吸引求解者并诱导他们进行算法思考。这个项目研究使用铅笔拼图来激发计算机科学大一学生的兴趣，并引导他们理解特定的计算内容。

项目成果

Pencil Puzzles as a Context for Introductory Computing Assignments in Diverse Settings

铅笔谜题作为不同环境中介绍性计算作业的背景

• DOI: 10.1145/3478432.3499089
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE
• 作者: Butler, Zack;Bezáková, Ivona;Brilliantova, Angelina;Miller, Hannah;Fluet, Kimberly
• 通讯作者: Fluet, Kimberly