GAMUT: A Laboratory for Computer Science Instruction

布朗大学将购买先进的、最先进的工作站 来建立一个独特的计算机科学教室实验室 指导。 该实验室将使用先进的软件， 开发，提供一致的可视化编程环境， 本科生从他们的第一个，入门编程课程， 通过最先进的软件工程课程或独立 study. 这种环境将大大改善教学的 计算机科学，并将影响整个本科课程。 拟议环境的独特之处是一套综合的 程序和数据结构可视化工具。 这些工具将 使学生能够形象化概念和体现它们的程序 在他们的本科生活中。 一个简单的"只读" 系统BALSA的版本，已在布朗成功地用于 四年来，已经对他们产生了重大影响。 课程。 该系统设想，不仅将提供更强大的 可视化工具，包括颜色和实时动画的三个- 三维表示，但也将允许学生 在讲座过程中与可视化交互， 在实施学生自己的计划时。

Brown University will purchase advanced, state-of-the-art workstations to populate a unique classroom laboratory for computer science instruction. This laboratory will use advanced software, now under development, to provide a consistent visual programming environment to undergraduates from their first, introductory programming course, through the most advanced software engineering course or independent study. This environment will significantly improve the teaching of computer science and will affect the whole undergraduate curriculum. The unique feature of the proposed environment is a set of integrated tools for program and data structure visualization. These tools will enable students to visualize concepts and the programs that embody them throughout their undergraduate experience. A simple, "read-only" version of the system BALSA, has been used at Brown successfully for four years and has already had a significant impact on their curriculum. The system envisioned, not only will provide more powerful visualization tools, including color and real-time animation of three- dimensional representations, but also will allow the student to interact with visualizations during the course of a lecture as well as during the implementation of the student's own programs.