Do you have a CLUE? C Learning Undergraduate Environment

计算机科学（31）这一建议的智力价值是通过创新的教学和技术贡献来解决这些问题。该项目的目标有三个：（1）通过最先进的同伴学习、主动学习和认知学徒方法，为学生提供短期在线课件，以支持C语言的无监督学习;（二）将这一在线材料纳入一个虚拟软件包，该软件包还将提供一个可远程访问的开发环境，利用为解决C语言的具体教学障碍（例如，编译器错误信息的澄清，常见新手程序员错误的检测，针对测试工具的验证等）; (3)通过将解决方案打包为可下载、可移植的VMware映像，在Windows或Linux主机上运行，使学生能够访问上述开发环境，并允许教师收集有关学生活动的数据，以评估学生的学习情况，从而促进采用。传播工作包括在当地和国家计算机教育会议上举办讲习班。对教育实践的更广泛影响旨在达到国家一级。从定性的角度来看，C不仅是面向系统的高级课程的关键，而且还培养学生对他们编写的程序与整个计算机系统之间的联系的理解，并加强他们的编码纪律。该项目提高了学生在中级和高级计算课程中的保留率和表现。

Computer Science (31)The intellectual merit of this proposal is to address these issues with innovative pedagogical and technological contributions. The project objectives are threefold: (1) To provide students with short-duration online courseware to support unsupervised learning of the C language through state of the art peer learning, active learning and cognitive apprenticeship approaches; (2) To integrate this online material in a virtual package which will also offer a remotely accessible development environment leveraging open source software tools which have been developed to address the specific pedagogical hindrances of the C language (e.g. clarification of compiler error messages, detection of common novice programmer bugs, validation against test-harnesses, etc.); (3) To facilitate adoption by packaging the solution as a downloadable, portable, VMware image running on a Windows or Linux host allowing students to access to the above-mentioned development environment and allowing the instructor to collect data on students' activity to assess student learning. The dissemination effort is includes running workshops both locally and in national computing education conferences. The broader impact on educational practices is meant to reach a national level. From a qualitative perspective, C is not only key to system-oriented upper-level courses but also to develop students' understanding of the link between the programs they write and computer systems as a whole as well as strengthening their coding discipline. This project improves retention and performance of students in mid- and upper-level computing classes.