Thinking parallel: The process of learning concurrency

Mordechai Ben-Ari; Yifat Ben David Kolikant

doi:10.1145/384267.305831

Thinking parallel: The process of learning concurrency

Mordechai Ben-Ari^*, Yifat Ben David Kolikant

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Abstract

This paper describes a course in concurrent and distributed computing for high school students and empirical research that was done to study students' conceptions and attitudes. We found that both their conceptions and their work methods evolved during course to the point that they were able to successfully develop algorithms and to prove their correctness. Students initially found the course extremely challenging but eventually came to appreciate its relevance and its contribution to improving their cognitive skills.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	13-16
Number of pages	4
Journal	SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/384267.305831
State	Published - 1999
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Concurrency
Distributed programming
Mental models

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