Title :
An electronic slide rule
Author :
Reinfelds, Juris
Author_Institution :
Klipsch Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM, USA
Abstract :
Many generations of engineers have used slide rules as effective problem solving tools. Computers have made slide rules obsolete. The paper introduces course design criteria that will help to construct a course that brings back the spirit of a slide rule in electronic form. This course is intended to replace the largely ineffective “problem solving by computers” courses that today are still based on the syntax of one large programming language such as C or Ada
Keywords :
computer science education; courseware; educational courses; engineering computing; engineering education; mathematics computing; teaching; course design criteria; electronic slide rule; engineering course; engineering education; large programming language; problem solving tools; Accuracy; Computer languages; Costs; Design engineering; Hardware; Investments; Layout; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Problem-solving;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering: Education & Practice, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 International Conference
Conference_Location :
Dunedin
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8828-9
DOI :
10.1109/SEEP.1998.707649
