USE OF CTSS IN A TEACHING ENVIRONMENT,

Abstract

Computer time-sharing offers many interesting possibilities for use in teaching computer technology. It might be expected that with proper hardware and software, students using time-sharing as a teaching machine could acquire proficiency in the fundamentals of programming more easily than using batch-processing. To test this hypothesis, the M.I.T. Department of Civil Engineering divided a freshman programming class, so that half the students used batch-processing methods, and half used the Project MAC time-sharing system to do the same work. The paper describes the experiment and its tentative results. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0661807

Entities

People

  • Daniel Roos

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Batch Processing
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Students
  • Teaching Machines

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Engineering
  • STEM Education
  • Systems Analysis and Design