Research on Parallel Computing Teaching: state of the art and future directions

Durães, Thiago de Jesus Oliveira; Souza, Paulo Sérgio Lopes de; Martins, Guilherme; Conte, Davi Jose; Bachiega, Naylor Garcia; Bruschi, Sarita Mazzini

doi:10.1109/fie44824.2020.9273914

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“…In addition to the process model, the data parallelism model (all processes do the same task only on different datasets) was also chosen. The teaching was based on examples and software templates, which is in line with the results of the review article [ 74 ] and the research conducted by Capel et al, [ 75 ].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 61%

Has the time come to teach parallel programming to secondary school students?

Brođanac

Novak

Boljat

2022

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Today, almost every computer has at least one multicore processor. To remain in stride with hardware developments, numerous university faculties oriented towards computer science have introduced parallel programming as an integral part of their courses. The question is, given the availability of parallel architectures, and considering future trends in programming, whether it is time for parallel programming to also become an integral part of the informatics curriculum in secondary schools? This paper presents research conducted in three schools in Croatia over several school years. A total of 162 students from the science-mathematic high schools participated in the research. The results, based on student evaluations, suggest that this course content is equally interesting and somewhat more difficult, and perceived as equally useful as other course content taught to students. Moreover, the findings indicate that students can understand and later apply some of the fundamental concepts of parallel programming.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 61%