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Is Teaching Parallel Algorithmic Thinking To High School Students Possible? One Teacher’S Experience, Shane Torbert, Uzi Vishkin, Ron Tzur, David Ellison
Is Teaching Parallel Algorithmic Thinking To High School Students Possible? One Teacher’S Experience, Shane Torbert, Uzi Vishkin, Ron Tzur, David Ellison
Ron Tzur
All students at our high school are required to take at least one course in Computer Science prior to their junior year. They are also required to complete a year-long senior project associated with a specific in-house laboratory, one of which is the Computer Systems Lab. To prepare students for this experience the lab offers elective courses at the post-AP Computer Science level. Since the early 1990s one of these electives has focused on parallel computing. The course enrolls approximately 40 students each year for two semesters of instruction. The lead programming language is C and topics include a wide …