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

这个项目调查使用铅笔拼图作为一个丰富多样的问题来源，是有趣的所有类型的学生，并可以应用到广泛的主题在整个介绍计算机科学课程。智力谜题是人类通过演绎过程在纸上解决的谜题。就其本质而言，这些谜题的创建是为了吸引广大观众并易于理解-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。由于它们被设计成可以通过演绎来求解，它们吸引了求解者，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大一计算机科学专业的学生，并引导他们理解特定的计算内容。

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.