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TASIT OF CONIENTS
I . Major Objectives of, the Project
II.
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Proj ect Descriptioo
1. Cole study class . . .
2. Elgctive
study qlass
3.. Itrdtvi.dual Projects,
4. Genelal Sessior.
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5. Daily Schedule . . .
III.
Staff
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1. Staff Positiols.
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2, quelificat lons of staff Persomel.
I V , Selection of Paltici?ants
Fecilitios.
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NARRATIVE
1. Major Objectives of the Project
This project will
seek to acconplish four najor objectives, These are
sutrmarized belol|l:
l. Enrich the conputing erperj.ence of talented high school students by
exposing then to different
2. Introduce participants
irplenentation,
to a disciplined
of conputer science'
apploach to computer progran design,
and testinS.
view of conputer science by exposing then to a
3. Expandthe participants'
variety
techniques and aPplications
of t)?es of conputers and prograDning languages.
about various career oppottunities
4. Infoam the larticipants
in the conputer
field.
The availabil.ity
of the nicroconPuter has greatly
ilcreased the nunber
of high school students who are exposed to conPuting. Ma[y of these students
develop a stf,ong interest
potential career.
in cottputer science as a field
of study and as a
Often, these students quickly surpass their teachers in
computing knowledge, and lack the challenge of an expanding horizon of ideas.
The first
objective is to challenge these students by PTesenting to then Dew
conputing techniques and applications
that will
give theD both an expadded
set of tools and new ideas of applications for these too1s.
A problen currently
observed by conputer science instructors
leve1 is that talented Students vho have done substantial
high school, have flequently
inplenentation,
and testing.
at the college
conputilg lllork in
accutturlated nany bad habits in plogran design'
'fhis occuls because there i.s little
o? no direction
given in this area by high school faculty. The second objective of this Project
would be to develop a disciplined
aPproach to Progratming through instruction
in top-down design and structured
plognanning technj.ques and through enforcing
their
paactice in individual
student plojects
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Most high school students have only used one or tl{o different
usually nicloconputeas,
alld knolv hor,rto progran i.n just one language, usually
BASIC. The thi..d objective
different
conputers,
is to expose the palticipants
types of conputers including Diliconputers
to a nunber of
and a large tine-sharing
systsn, snd to teach then additional. plogra@ing languages.. This vill
be done
itr tho context of the idea that certain Eachines and lanSuages are nole applopriate
fo! a giver applj.catidn and thore is no otro Dachine ot Ianguage {hich
is best ilr aI1 ci,rcunstences.
The presence of nicrocoDputers tn the high school has selvod to increase
the awatenoss of co[putilg
The final
objective
as a c!!!eer option anong high school students.
of this project
standj.ng of caroer ?ossibilitles
ls to lncrease the psrticipaJrtsr
ln the couputer fleld
requiled so that they can botter pletr their
under-
a'ld of the plepatation
future education.
II.
Project Descri?tion
The 40 participants
project. These activities
will
be involved in four activities
during this
are described belo$,
1. Core study class
This is a class which will
r0eet for one hou! each day and lirhich all
students v/il] attend. The topic of this class vri11 changeafter three weeks.
During the first
thtee weeks the topic rdill be structured programing
design. This will
enphasize the disciplined
Durilg the last three weeks the topic will
approach to conputer prograDling.
be coDputer of,ganization and
assembly laDguage plogramning. This class will
tion of a conpute! at the register
and
elrphasize the general organiza-
and machine instruction
level.
2. Elective study class
Two elective study classes ll|i1l be offered each day. Each participant
vriLl choose one of these classes in which to enroll. Duf,ing the filst
v/eeks the offelings
will
three
be FoRTRAN
plogranning and PASCALproglamnin8. Data
structules and conputer graphics will
be the topics available in the last
three weeks.
3. Individual Projects
Each participant
will. be required to design and inplenent an extensive
progran systen as his or her individual project. ihis part of rhe project ri11
be especially adaptive to the backgroundsof the students, presenting challenges
approlriate to thei! backgrould. It will
independelce and reslonsibitity.
also give the participants a degree of
The goals for the individual
projects oi.l1 be
deternined by the palticipants in consultation with the project director,
the
faculty research supefvisor, and the student assistants, Each partici?ant v,i11
have one-ha1f hour each day appointed for r,reeting with a student assistant
discuss progress and problens with the ?roject. The student assistant will
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to
refer
the participants
with project
fo! consultation
faculty
be scheiluled during
neeting tines of participants with stualen! assistants will
project
periods ard the elective
as needed' The
period whe[ the Participant
is not il
class.
4. General Session
One houa each day will
be a general session attended by all particiPants.
This session 1,i11, durj.ng the first
four r,,eeks,deal with special topics in
collputer science not otherwise covered in the scheduled coulses. During the
last two weeks, the partici?ants will
present the results of their projects
during this tine petiod. A tentative schedule fo! this session is as follows:
Week1.
Howto use the available computexsysterns,
A presentation of the details of using the available systens
including job control. Ianguage, editing facilities
Week2.
and utilities.
Careers in Conputer Science
People l,Iho are worki.ng in coDPutex careers will
discuss such options
as business data processing, scientific
con?uting, systens PrograftninS,
and conputer engineering. Enphasis l{ill
be placed on activities
carrled
out in a given job and the educational prepalation necessaty.
Week 3,
Applications
of Conputers
Partici.pants l.ri]t see, by exaDPle, nany of the unique l,lays a
conputer is used.
cipants witl
have an opportunity
softlvare. A?plications
cornputerart, artificial
week 4.
be denonstrated and the parti_
Actual softwale will
to gain hands-on expelience with this
itcluded {i11 be sirulation,
intelligence,
and word processing.
InDact of ConDuteas
Durirg this week the genetal session vi]l
the corDputer on our society.
To?ics l/rill
deal v{ith the ilDpact of
include conPuter ethics,
crirne, conpute! inpact on finance, conputel iipact
lole
data base nanagelnent,
of corlputels i]1 the future {orld.
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on privacy,
cotlputer
and the
Approxirlate1y half of each one-
hour general sessio[ will
participants
discussirg
be devotod to a lectuxe on a topic l{ith the
that topic in snall groups during the renainirg
half-hour,
Weeks 5 € 6.
Reports ot! Student projEcts
Baqh partiCipalt
dll
be given an opportunity to p!€sent.a brief
report on his o! her indj.vi.dual ploject,
A tsntatLve daily schedule is given otr the next page.
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1. Staff Positions
The follosing
are the staff
positions
fox thj.s project
with their
coires-
ponding duties and responsibilities:
This person will
Project Director.
olganize the progra.D,oveisee all
arrangenents, schedule all sessiofls, select particiPants and staff,
for alL decessary expenditures and reports.
alrd be les?onsible
addition,
he witl
In
teach the cor.e study classes and supervise the
projects of 20 of the parti.cipants with help of two student assist.rnts.
Individual Project Supervisor.
of 20 of the participarts
This person will
with the help of tro student assistants.
Coulse Instructors,
these DeoDlewill
student Assistants.
There will
teach the fou! elective courses.
be four student assistants who are junior
or senior Hope College Compute!Scie[ce majors,
supelvise the ?lojects
supelvise the projects
of 10 partici.pants
Each will
directly
in coopelation with either
the Project Director or the Individual Project Supervisor, These
asslstants l,li.ll also have supervisory responsibilities
in the resj.dence
ha11s. Thei! housing expenses!,i11 be a Hope College contribution.
2. Qualification of Staff Pelsonnel.
The Ploject Directo
ill
be Professol Herbert Deashen.He received
his Ph.D. in Cofiputer science at Purdue University
he has been on the faculty
in 1969' Sillce that tine
at Hope College ohele he is Presently Associate
Professor of Mathenatics and Conputet Science and Chailrdan of the Departnent
of Conputer Science. He is the author of eighteen PaPels, one laboratory
manual (Computer Exercises fo! ELenentary Statistics),
intToductory Conputer science which will
and two Dodules for
be published by IJMAP,Recent PaPers
authored by Professor Dersher0{hich are pertinent
to this project
are:
'A corBputer lJorkshop for Elenentary and secondary Teachers'r, with
Proceedingsof the 1980 ljationar Educational Computiig Confelence'
J. lvhittle,
I'Corputers in Teaching, 1979 State of the Art RePort of Instructional
r{ith D. Snith, CoNDUIT,1980.
conputing: Mathematicsand statistics,rr
"Using Computer Gamesto Challenge Elenentary School Students,tr with
J. Whittle, The Conputing Teacher, April/May, 1980.
'rTower:of Hanoi,rr Recreational Cornputing,Nov/Dec, 1979,
"Recursive Programling in BASIC," Pelsonal conputing, Apri1, 1979.
'rlrltloducing Elenentary School Children to the Computer,rrwith J.
lvhittle,
Calculators and Conputers, sept/oct, 1978.
'rFactor G6me,"Personal Conputing, June, 1978.
In addition to his eleven yeals ol experience teaching a widevarietyof
.
wrdergtaduate courses, Professor Dershen has v/orked with students, teachers,
and adrdnistrators
at both the elenentaty and seconalary 1eve1 in the use of
cortrputers. He has, with Professot li9hittle,
in the classroon use of cotputers,
taught four workshoPs for teachers
conducted sholt courses fo! high school
students in conputer p?ogta[uring, and assisted Ioca1 school distaicts
using the coirputer to challenge gifted
in
students. He has suPervised independent
study and research paojects in Conputer Science for 27 undergraduates in the
past five yea?s.
Professor Dershemhas just
conpleted a Project funded by the Local Course
lDprovenent Plogran of the National science Foundation for develoPing and
inplenenting
a nodular intaoductory
The lenainder of the staff
availability
Director
qualified
course in Conputer Science.
cannot be specified
at this
tine as their
is dependentupon other pending projects. The Individual Project
and the Coulse Instructors
Hope Col]ege faculty
wiII
nenbers:
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be chosen fron anpng the following
'
John Whittle
Education: M,A. in Mathernatics,Western Kentucky Udiversity, 1963.
Positionr Assistailt Professor of Mathenatics and Conputer Science, Hope College.
'Pertinent
Experience: Professor Whittle has co-authored thr.ee artictes with
Professor Dershen, He has conducted workshops for elernentary and secondary
teachers, shott coutses for elenentary afld secondaty studedts, and pre_
service courses for teachers in the use of conputers. He has taught
beginning arld u?per-leve1 courses in Conputer Science and supervised
eany undergraduate cortputer projects.
Elliot
Tanis
Education: Ph,D. in Mathenatics, University of lo{a, 196J.
Position: Professor of Mathenatics and ChaiflEn of the Departnent, Hope Col]ege.
Pertinent Experiencei Dr. Tanis has autholed two articles
graphics and art,
and statistics,
eight articles
dealing with conputer
on coDpute! sinulations
fox probabili.ty
anala nanual for a conputer-basedslatistics
laboratory.
He has given sevetal Lectures on coltputer graphics and conputer sirulations
to high school students and he taught a shoxt course for upper elenentaxy
students on the use of microcoJrputers. He has supervised nrenyunderg:radute
research ?rojects,
John watson
Education: M.B.A. in ConputerScience, NewYork University, 1961.
Position:
Director
of the Conpute! Center and Lectuler in Conputer ScienceJ Hope Co1lege.
Pertinent ExpeTience: !lr. llatson has taught Contputer Science at both the
giaduate and undergraduate level.
He has also conducted classes itrtro-
ducing conputers to high school and junior
school and jmior
high students and ro high
high teachers. He has $ritten
papers on use of conputer
terni.nals for college and high school teachets and tine-sharing
ware for student use.
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soft-
Jeit
boes
E&rcation: M.S. in Couputer Science, thiversity
of Pittsburgh'
1979.
of Coryuter Science, Hole Co11ege.
Position:
InstTuctor
Peltirlent
Experience: Exp6rlence teaching conputer Sciencs coulses at all
leve1s.
John vander Beek
Eaucatiori: Ph.D. in ldathematics, olegott State Univorsity,
Position:
Visititrg
1970.
Plofessor of !.'lathen4tics, Uope College,
Pertitrent Bxperiencel Parti.ciPent in sevelal NSF sponsored Plogra[s on
codputing. Experience tesching beglrtning cosPuter science courses at
the rmdergtaduate 1evel and giving
lectures at th€ high school 1eve1.
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IV. Selection of Participalts
This project
j.s intended for high school students who are gifted
who have had sone exposute to colttputers. The following
in the selection
critelia
will
and
be used
of participants:
1. A high school grade point avelage of g.O or higher iS xequired.
2. Expelience j.n progaa@ing a conpute! is required.
3. Pleference !9i1l be given to those students who ale jmiors
yea! ploceding the ploject,
although qualified
ilr the acadenic
sophornoleswilt
atso be
considered.
4, A nondnation letter
dust be subnitted by a high school teacher. This letter
should address the student's
Dotivation
interost
and abillty
in Coqputer Science and
toward a conputer caroer.
5, A proposal nust be subnitted by the student for the indivi.dual project
he or she would like
to carry out during tho project.
6. Special consideration l{itl
ability
be givefl to students with high interest
whose schools have litrited
coltrtrute! aid/or
faculty
and
lesources
for n€eting the needs of the students.
Natiorwide publicity
distribution
subnitting
In addition,
of this progran will
be obtained both through the
of the auounceeent by the National Scielce Fouddation aDd by
announcenelts to national
publications
Hope College has oxtensive [ailing
various canpus activitios.
of seven other states.
These lists
A btochure will
cover all
such as Cleative Conputing.
lists
of high schools flon
of Michigan as well as parts
be nailed to the schools on thsse lists.
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V . F a c i1 i t i e s
The fu1l campus facilj-ties
parti.cipants
of this ?roject.
of the college will
This will
be available
include acconnodations in a dofidtory,
neals in the dinirg hall,.and recreation at caEpusfacilities.
cipated that sone participants
$ill
to the
It is anti-
attend on a co|eluting basis, and wiIl
herce, no! require ful1 use of carpus facj.Iities.
Likewise, the fu11 canpus conputer facilities
the students.
will
This includes a rdctocolrputer laboratory
be available
conslsting
Radio shack TRS-80 disk-based systens, an ohj.o Scientific
a Tektronics 4051 graphics niniconputer,
to
of ten
ChallenSer II,
and the Honeywell Signa 6 tine-
sharing conputer with CP-V operating systen. By the tine this project
conducted it
available
is anticipated
that several additional
includj.ng sn Apple II,
nictoconputels
and there is a possi.bility
{i11 have a larger titne-sharing systetr replacing
l{ho ol,tn or have access to a nicrocorpute!
with then r,rherepossiblo.
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be
that the college
the SiSna 6. ParticiPants
$i1I be encouraged to bling
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BUDGET
EXPLANATIONS
A. Project directot's
salary is based on a nine-nonth salary of $24,900, figuled
4s 2/9 of this salary.
B, Ltndergraduate assist:ritsr
the dulation
salaries
of the ploject.
assistants will
are based on$4..00/hour, 50 hours/week fo!
The SO hour/week estinate
wotk l,|ith participants
is Dininat si[ce these
in the evenings and sefie as residence
adviso!s.
C, Fringe benefits
are TIAA/CREFretj.lenent
cootributions
by the College and are
based on 7,5t of faculty salari,es of 98600.
E. This iten will
supplies.
includo a1l. stolage nedj.a, pape!, and other corpute! lelated
It was coDputed at $7.S0 per participant.
F. Travel cost is conputed as g2SOlolmd-trip
air fare fron crand Rapids to
Washilgton ?lus $100 f,or roor!, board, and surface tf,allspoltation
of project diloctots,
H. Printing
for attendance
noeting.
expenses fo! a brochure and other ?ublj.city
naterials
ale included hero.
I. The coryute! charges are based on arl estinate of 20 ninutes teminal
tine per student per day at cullent
connect
charge rates of the Hope College Conputer
Cetlter.
J. This is based on an estinate
sessiol with an honotarirn
of five outside guest speakers for the gene!e.1
of $30 for each.
(. This is based olt NSF contribution
of $25 pe! student per week fot loon and
board, Actual rates fo! 1980 ale about $73 ?e" week. Assunilg this late will
be $80 per week ill 1981, that lrou1d lepresent an avelage student of conttibution
of $55 pe! yeek for rooD and board.
L. One hundred dollars
under office
postage expenses fotr publicity
after their selection.
supplies,
llatelials
comunj.cations,
etc. i.s to cover
and fo! comrmication with DarticiDants
SUMMARY
PROPOSALBUOGET
FCANIZATION ANO AOOR€Ss
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ASSTRACT
This sj.x-veek sultner project
coftputer sci.ence fox fo"ty
high school juniors.
course work and problen-oliented
disciplided
variety
provides an enri-chltrent experience in
approach to ptoject
studies,
Through a conbination of
the participants
$i11 leah
the
and prograD design, gain experience on a
of conputer systens and languages, and be ex?osed to infomation
peltinent
to planrling cotnputer careers.
Each participant
offerings.
will
These will
i.nclude topics such as stluctuled
colrputer organization,
PASCALprograming,
particilants
conplete four three-vreek couf,ses fron arong srx
assehbly 1a[guage plograming,
data stluctures,
progranning artd design,
progranning,
FoRTRAN
and corDuter g"aphics. IIl addition,
lilil1 attend a general session each day in {hich special topics
witl be discussed. This wi]l
include one week each devoted to use of avai-Iab1e
computels, conputer cat€ers, conputer applications,
alld the inpact of
co[puters,
Each porticipatrt
ptojects
will
on an individual
Hope College faculty
also corplete one o! nole extensive plo8!€JE|ling
basj.s lrnder the dilection
of the participating
and undergtaduate assistants,
PUBLICITYANNOIJNCEMENT
Hope Co]lege, ttolland;
40 students,
Ilth
49423; Conputer Science; 6 vreeks, June 22 - JuIy 37i
grade. Computer piogramling experience required.
L. DersheroDepaltDent of Conputer science C616-392-5111).
Dr. Herbert
I
NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION
W A S H t N G T O ND. C
20550
Januar! 25, 1981
Di rectorale fo: Sc.ience EducaEi,ol
Divisr.on of Scientific
Personnel Inprovenent
Herbert L. Dershem
Proposal:SP] 80-243?3
Hope CoIlege
HoIIand, lttl 49423
Dear Professor Dorshem:
We reg:et ro inforn you lhai
!o suFporL your pi'oposal for
lhe National Science Foundation .is unable
a Student seie:lce Ilaining Projec!.
The Fourldalion bases rts alecisions prj,marify on the screnlific
and
educa'..ional nerit oJ each ProposaL, judged r.n reLatj,on to other proposaLs
revrelited concurrentLy. In t.his regard, we refy heavily on advlce from
he:ibers of lhe academic comnunity. Frequenlly, atnongproposals judged
!o be of substantial. but Less than hj.ghest merlt, other factors such as
geogrdphi-c and subject naiter balance are al.so considered.
To provide lnfornatron on the basis for thg Founcatroni 5 clecrsior,.
lProposa:,
verbatin coPies of lhe acadernlc revie! naterials and the staff's
Reconmendation !orn,ri together with an explanation of the revrew and
scoring, l'iLl be sent !o you at Lhe above address within the netat fer/9
weeks. PleaEe undlerstand i:hal individual
reviener comments do not
reflect a Founaiatj.onpoLlcy or positlon,
and that our decision Is based
on the overall q,eight cf the revieu.
]n t)le hoPe that you! interest in this type o: activity
ccntinues? l],e
$1Il see that you recelve a copy of next year's prograrn quide as soo]l as
it becohes available. llo$ever, pfease bear rn nind lhat a tulure revised
proposal i5 in no Iray assured success. The oulcome of each review
invofved and the
Plocess al-ways reflects the Judgnenl of lhe individuals
nature of the proposals in the conpet1r-ion at ihat t.jJe.
Al-though the Foundation i3 unabLe to support Lhis proposal., ll|e thank you
for subhilting it, and assure you that !'r€ sha11 be pleased to consiCer
future proposals thich you Inali liisl !o subh,j-t.
Sincerel,Y lrours I
4;6,72.^
Le!,is A. Gi 9t
Divi5:Lon
copy to:
F. Sheldon lrettack
D:rector