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Freedom Of Choice As A Motivational Factor In Active Learning, Atanas Radenski
Freedom Of Choice As A Motivational Factor In Active Learning, Atanas Radenski
Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research
Freedom to choose what, when, and how to contribute in a learning process can motivate students to actively engage and achieve more in their studies. However, freedom of choice complicates course management and may deter instructors from allowing such freedom. Our approach is to utilize existing functionality of course management systems such as Moodle to automatically facilitate and coordinate free student choices and provide much needed relief for instructors at the same time. Using Moodle we have developed novel digital study packs that blend freedom of choice with guidance and control. Our survey shows that assisted freedom of choice is …
Object-Oriented Programming And Parallelism, Atanas Radenski
Object-Oriented Programming And Parallelism, Atanas Radenski
Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research
Initially, object-orientation and parallelism originated and developed as separate and relatively independent areas. During the last decade, however, more and more researchers were attracted by the benefits from a potential marriage of the two powerful paradigms. Numerous research projects and an increasing number of practical applications were aimed at different forms of amalgamation of parallelism with object-orientation. It has been realized that parallelism is a inherently needed enhancement for the traditional object-oriented programming (OOP) paradigm, and that object orientation can add significant flexibility to the parallel programming paradigm.
Introducing Objects And Parallelism To An Imperative Programming Language, Atanas Radenski
Introducing Objects And Parallelism To An Imperative Programming Language, Atanas Radenski
Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research
The problem of enhancing objects with parallelism has been in the focus of numerous research projects in the recent years, but a satisfactory and commonly accepted solution has not appeared yet. A major problematic point seems to be providing inheritance for parallel objects. The general objective of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the language design issues in the area of parallel object-oriented programming (OOP) and, in particular, to design a framework for parallel OOP with multiple inheritance. What makes our proposed framework different from the other parallel OOP languages is its easy to use and …
Lazy Evaluation And Nondeterminism Make Backus' Fp-Systems More Practical, Atanas Radenski
Lazy Evaluation And Nondeterminism Make Backus' Fp-Systems More Practical, Atanas Radenski
Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research
Backus' FP-systems are made more practical by introducing into them lazy evaluation and nondeterminism. This is done in the framework of a concrete programming language called FP*. From the one hand, this language is almost as mathematical as FP-systems are. From the other hand, it gives the possibility to manage secondary memory and to develop such applications as, for instance, interactive and distributed file systems. Experimental versions of a compiler and an interpreter for the FP* language are implemented.