* Survey of Educators
@ 1991-09-20 18:13 Michele L. Kee, AdaIC
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From: Michele L. Kee, AdaIC @ 1991-09-20 18:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
TO: All Computer Science Educators
FROM: Ada Information Clearinghouse
SUBJECT: Catalog of Resources for Education in Ada
and Software Engineering
FREE Ada Compilers
DATE: September 20, 1991
If your institution currently offers courses in the Ada programming
language, we would like to list information about those courses in our
Catalog of Resources for Education in Ada and Software Engineering
(CREASE), Version 6.0, and in our on-line database of Ada Education
Resources. There is no charge for your institution to be listed in
our catalog or in our database.
Additionally, if your institution would be interested in receiving
a FREE Ada compiler, we would like to hear from you. Our sponsoring
agency, the Ada Joint Program Office, is investigating the
possibility of providing free Ada compilers to educational institutions.
To be included in the CREASE and to be on the list of parties
interested in receiving a free Ada compiler, complete the attached
survey and return it to the AdaIC at the address given below no later
than October 15, 1991. If you would like a hard copy of the survey,
send electronic requests to adainfo@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu or call the AdaIC
at 1/800-AdaIC-11 or 703/685-1477.
Ada Information Clearinghouse
ATTN: CREASE
c/o IIT Research Institute
4600 Forbes Boulevard
Lanham, Maryland 20706
E-mail: adainfo@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu
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ADA EDUCATION QUESTIONNAIRE
I. CURRENT ADA OFFERINGS
1. How many Ada courses does your institution offer?
_____ 0 _____ 3
_____ 1 _____ 4
_____ 2 _____ 5 or more
2. What is the primary undergraduate programming language?
_____ Ada _____ FORTRAN
_____ BASIC _____ Pascal
_____ C Other _______
_____ COBOL
3. Which of the following languages are degree requirements for
undergraduate Computer Science majors?
_____ Ada _____ FORTRAN
_____ BASIC _____ Pascal
_____ C Other _______
_____ COBOL
4. Which of the following languages are degree requirements for
undergraduate Engineering majors?
_____ Ada _____ FORTRAN
_____ BASIC _____ Pascal
_____ C Other _______
_____ COBOL
5. What is the primary graduate programming language?
_____ Ada _____ FORTRAN
_____ BASIC _____ Pascal
_____ C Other _______
_____ COBOL
6. Which of the following languages requirements for Master of
Science in Computer Science candidates?
_____ Ada _____ FORTRAN
_____ BASIC _____ Pascal
_____ C Other _______
_____ COBOL
7. Is Ada used in any courses other than an Ada programming/syntax
course?
_____ YES If yes, give name(s) of the course(s)
___________________________________
___________________________________
_____ NO
8. Is an Ada course a degree requirement for any other degree?
_____ YES If yes, give name(s) of the course(s)
___________________________________
___________________________________
_____ NO
II. POTENTIAL FOR TEACHING ADA
9. Would your institution teach Ada if you received an Ada
compiler free of charge?
_____ YES
_____ NO
10. What hardware would you prefer to use for the Ada compiler?
(Indicate make and model)
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
11. Who should be contacted regarding receiving free compilers?
Name __________________________________
Address __________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
City State ZIPcode
Phone _________________________________________
Fax _________________________________________
E-mail _________________________________________
12. Would you use computer-aided instruction for teaching Ada if it
were provided free of charge?
_____ YES
_____ NO
13. What hardware would you use for the computer-aided instruction
program? (Indicate make and model)
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
14. What other training requirements do you have?
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
III. GENERAL INFORMATION
15. Point of contact
Name ________________________________________
Address ________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
City State ZIPcode
Phone ________________________________________
Fax ________________________________________
E-mail ________________________________________
16. Which category best describes your institution?
_____ 4-year college
_____ 2-year college
_____ technical institute
Other ___________________
IV. INFORMATION ABOUT ADA COURSES CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED
Please complete one copy of this page for each Ada course your
institution offers. Feel free to make duplicate copies of this
form.
To be included in CREASE Version 6.0, your survey must be
returned by October 15, 1991, to the Ada Information Clearinghouse,
c/o IIT Research Institute, 4600 Forbes Boulevard, Lanham, MD
20706. Questions can be addressed to the AdaIC staff at 1/800-
AdaIC-11 or 703/685-1477.
Title of course ___________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
What is the objective of the course (25 words or less)?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
What concepts are covered in the course?
___ abstract data types ___ packages
___ design concepts ___ problem solving
___ exception handling ___ real-time
programming
___ generics ___ software
engineering
___ management overview ___ strong typing
___ object-oriented design ___ tasking
What is the intended audience for the course?
___ analysis ___ managers
___ computer scientists other _____________
___ engineers
What pre-requisites must be met before enrolling in the course?
___ successfully completed any other programming course
___ successfully completed another high-order programming course
other ___________________________________________________________
What text books are used in the course (please indicate title,
author, publisher, and date of publication)?
Required Texts: ____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Optional Texts: ____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
What Ada compilers are provided by the institution for use by
students?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
What computers are provided by the institution for use by
students?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
What other Ada tools are provided by the institution for use by
students?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
How often does the course meet?
_____ days
_____ weeks
_____ hours
How many credit hours are awarded for the completion of the course?
_____
Name of the instructor(s) who teach the course
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Point of contact
Name ________________________________________
Address ________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
City State ZIPcode
Phone ________________________________________
Fax ________________________________________
E-mail ________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Ada Information Clearinghouse (AdaIC)
703/685-1477, 800/AdaIC-11, FAX 703/685-7019
adainfo@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu; 70312.3303@compuserve.com
IIT Research Institute operates the AdaIC for the Ada Joint Program Office.
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* Re: Survey of Educators
@ 1991-09-23 14:49 Michele L. Kee
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From: Michele L. Kee @ 1991-09-23 14:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
TO: All Computer Science Educators
FROM: Ada Information Clearinghouse
SUBJECT: SURVEY
Catalog of Resources for Education in Ada
and Software Engineering (CREASE), Version 6.0
FREE Ada Compilers
For those of you who have already seen the AdaIC survey of educators,
responses to the questionnaire can also be sent by e-mail to
adainfo@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu.
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* Re: Survey of Educators
@ 1991-09-26 17:17 cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vit
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From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vit @ 1991-09-26 17:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
Is it just me, or is there something in the tone of the questionaire that
seems to continue a tone that I thought those of us who are concerned with
software engineering and Ada would like to see dissappear. Specifically,
there is an attitude implied with questions 2, 3, 4, and 6 that implies
that we teach courses in programming languages. Frankly, I believe that
any computing department that teaches a course in any programming language,
including Ada, is doing both its students and the computing community a
terrible disservice.
Concepts should drive every course. The language is a necessary evil that we
have to put up with. We select programming languages for two reasons, one
positive and one negative:
a. The language provides good support for the material and assists in
getting the concepts across.
b. We use a programming language because it does not get in the way of
teaching concepts.
These are the reasons I am using Ada in my courses. If a language is good,
and I think Ada is, then we should be encouraging good software development
practices and the understanding of concepts and help nature take the path
to Ada.
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