From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50,FILL_THIS_FORM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: Fri, 20 Sep 91 14:13:48 EDT From: "Michele L. Kee, AdaIC" Subject: Survey of Educators Message-ID: <9109201813.AA29035@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> List-Id: 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.