Engineering literacy and computer science 1

Author

Piotrowski, Jerzy A.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Western Sydney - Nepean, NSW, Australia

fYear

1993

fDate

6-9 Nov 1993

Firstpage

402

Lastpage

406

Abstract

Experience gained from running a new computer science 1 (CS1) course for the first time is reported. Some 350 students from different facilities of the University of Western Sydney-Nepean studied the new CS1. The learning environment, in its laboratory component, was based on DECstations 5000/20. The content of the software strand of the course was a typical, Pascal-based, introductory presentation of programming concepts, while the content of the computer system part was relatively new. It formed a platform for the introduction of engineering issues into the CS1. A progression of functional models first introduces simple computer components, and later leads to a complete system, presented in two variants: as a hardwired and a microprogrammed computer

Keywords

computer literacy; computer science education; educational courses; engineering education; programming; Australia; DECstations 5000/20; Pascal; computer science 1; course; education; engineering literacy; functional models; hardwired computer; laboratory; learning environment; microprogrammed computer; programming concepts; software; university; Computer architecture; Computer science; Computer science education; Concurrent computing; Hardware; Laboratories; Programming profession; Robustness; Standards publication; Text recognition;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1993. Twenty-Third Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education: Renewing America's Technology', Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1482-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1993.405493

Filename

405493