BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
ID:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR86-134
ENTRY:: January 20, 1995
ORGANIZATION:: Dartmouth College, Computer Science
TITLE:: Producing Software Using Tools in a Workstation Environment
TYPE:: Technical Report (paper)
REVISION:: 1
AUTHOR:: Sherman, Mark
AUTHOR:: Drysdale, Robert L. Scot
NOTE:: The 'January' in DATE is an arbitrary placeholder.
DATE:: January 1986
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, email <reports@cs.dartmouth.edu>
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, write to
       Technical Report Librarian
       Department of Computer Science
       Dartmouth College
       6211 Sudikoff Laboratory
       Hanover, NH 03755-3510
       USA
RETRIEVAL:: PDF at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR86-134.pdf
ABSTRACT::
	We discuss how we taught students to build and use
translation, interpretive, editing and monitoring tools in an
undergraduate software engineering course.  Students used the tools on
low-cost workstations (Macintoshes) to build large, group projects.
The students' projects used all available features of workstation
environments, including graphics, windows, fonts, mice, networks, and
sound generators.  We found that 1) the use of tools increased student
productivity, 2) a shift in a data structure and algorithm topics is
needed to cover material relevant for workstation environments, 3) new
topics in system design are required for a workstation environment, 4)
traditional material can be easily illustrated with a workstation
environment and 5) students enjoyed being able to manipulate the
advanced features of workstations in their work, which in turn
increased their motivation for and concentration on the course
material.
END:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR86-134