Studiens on Practical Training of Information Processing for Students not Belonging to Specialized Information Course.

信息社会和信息技术的进步给高校信息处理教育带来了严重的困难。也就是说，由于开发了方便的软件，用户不需要学习计算机编程来操作计算机。因此，对于那些属于与信息处理或计算机科学无关的部门的学生来说，基于计算机编程的课程并不是必不可少的。或者，信息素养已逐渐被这些部门接受为实践课程的框架。然而，很明显，仅仅是实践素养的课程并不能培养学生适应未来计算机社会的真正实践能力。本研究旨在开发一种能够培养学生在信息处理领域应用能力的教学方法。经过反复试验，我们可以设计出有用的基于计算机程序设计的信息处理教学程序。这些课程是基于(1)声学环境系统的编程分析，(2)Excel软件的宏编程，(3)互联网网页的Java编程。通过对学生和公司的问卷调查，调查了这些课程的有效性。结果表明，这些基于计算机程序设计的课程对他们是有利的。此外，领先的教学程序使用VRML应用于高动机的学生。他们克服了编程的困难，最终完成了手指语言和纸工艺三维折叠过程的网络程序。通过实例说明，计算机编程类信息课程如果能激发学生的学习动机，可以有效地应用于与信息课程无关的系系学生。

The progress in the information society and the information technology has caused a serious difficulty in the education of information processing of the university. That is, learning of computer programming is not necessary for users to handle computers because of the development of convenient softwares. Thus, a lesson based on computer programming has not been essential for students who belong to a department not related to the information processing or the computer science. Alternatively, the information literacy has been gradually accepted as a framework of the practical lesson in these departments. It is clear, however, that the lesson of practical literacy alone can not produce the true practicable ability for students to adapt to the computer society in future.The present study was carried out to develop a teaching method, which will bring up the application ability of students in the field of information processing. After trials and errors, we could design useful teaching programs based on computer programming for information processing. These are lessons based on (1) programming to analyze acoustic environmental system, (2) macro-programming for Excel software, and (3) Java programming for the Internet web pages.The effectiveness of these lessons was surveyed by questionnaires to students and companies.The results indicate that these lessons based on computer programming were favorable for them. Moreover, leading teaching programs using VRML were applied to highly motivated students. They overcame hard programming and finally completed web programs for presenting finger languages and procedures of paper craft folding three-dimensionally. This example shows that the information lessons with computer programming can be effectively applied to the students belonging to the department not related to the information course if the lessons could stimulate the motivation of students.