Title :
The role of high performance computing in precollege education
Author :
Ziebarth, John P. ; Carruth, Sharon
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alabama Univ., Huntsville, AL, USA
Abstract :
The authors describe a program in Alabama which has led to a secondary school curriculum for training students to use high-performance computational methods in mathematics and science. The training material developed has been offered as a professional development course for Alabama teachers in computer science, physics, chemistry or mathematics. The result of inservice training for these teachers has been the incorporation of a course into their curricula which teaches the fundamentals of high performance computing and which allows the students to develop science or mathematics projects which utilize Alabama´s Cray X-MP for their solutions. This program has been implemented in schools throughout Alabama during the past two years and is now being used by teachers and students across the nation
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational courses; teaching; training; CAI; Cray X-MP; USA; mathematics; precollege education; science; secondary school curriculum; students; teachers; training; Biology computing; Chemistry; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; High performance computing; Mathematics; Physics; Supercomputers;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon '91., IEEE Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Williamsburg, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0033-5
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.1991.147698
