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

fYear

1991

fDate

7-10 Apr 1991

Firstpage

38

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '91., IEEE Proceedings of

Conference_Location

Williamsburg, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0033-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1991.147698

Filename

147698