Unplugged Activities to Introduce Parallel Computing in Introductory Programming Classes: an Experience Report
暂无分享,去创建一个
Learning programming in early introductory classes is challenging for first year university students, and introducing parallel programming (PDC) in early classes along with traditional sequential programming is even more challenging. Unplugged activities may help alleviate some of the difficulties for students. Unplugged activities have been shown to increase student interest, and to enhance student understanding of CS programming concepts. We have used unplugged activities to teach PDC concepts before introducing parallel programming. Our experiences show that using unplugged activities to introduce the PDC concepts reduce the barrier to learn parallel programming.
[1] Tracy Camp,et al. Using Student Performance to Assess CS Unplugged Activities in a Classroom Environment , 2016, ITiCSE.
[2] Jason Alexander,et al. Computer science unplugged: school students doing real computing without computers , 2009 .
[3] Frederick W. B. Li,et al. Failure rates in introductory programming revisited , 2014, ITiCSE '14.