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JamesM. Gcniile,DeanNaturalScience
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ProiectSummary
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Thisprojectwill build anenvtoffnentfor visualizinggograrnexecution
d|atmakeuseofthis
swportsstudentlealdng.It witl alsoFoducernaterials
introductoryComput€rSci€ncecourse
in anObjeclOriented,Java-based
envirorunent
by
will bebuilt fiom conponenbthathaveaLeadybeenconshucted
Theenvironment
ofprior research
d.ldngthreesurnrners
andhis students
thePrincipalInvestigator
enviroffnentintodle inducticry
thevisualization
Thecousematerialwill integrate
with follow up activities,in
coursetlnoughthedwelopmentoflectue demonshations
Thesewill be
homeworkexercises.
classlaboratoryactivities,andoutside-of-class
refinedandimprovedthroughclasstesting.
tbroughstudent
on leamingwill beevaluated
TheimpactoftlF environment
surveys,loggingstud€ntusageic measuedle nahrcandimpactofuse ofthe
will all bewebenvircffnen!andby thecriticalreviewsofoutsideexperbThernaterials
basedandwill be disnibutedtl)Ioughits availabiliryon theweband0rough workshops
A cornrnunityof userswjll be createdand
F€€entedat regionalandnationalconfetences.
andadditionalcours€matedalswill be made
maintained
on thewebwhereupgrades
available.
TABLEOF CONTENTS
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An Otlject-OrientedExecutionVisualizationEnvironmentfor
LearningIntroductoryComputerScience
ProjectDescriPtion
I ResultsfrQm Prior NSF SuPPort
educatron
ThePrincipalInvestigtor hasreceivedtlueeNSF grantsrelatedto undergmduate
laterin
form belowandreferenced
overthepastsix years.Thesegants arelistedin abbreviated
theproposal:
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Prognmin ComputerScience
Participation
Research
REU:An Undergraduate
cDA-9423943
C{antNumber
$l14,393
AmountofAward
28' 1998
March1, 1995untilFebruary
SuppodPeriod
to Object-OrientedConcepts
for IntroducingStudents
An Inte$atedClassroom,4-aboratory
A. Stegink
Gordon
MichaelJ.Jippingand
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DIJE-965
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GrantNumber
$46,3s6
AmountofAward
June15,1996LntilMay 31, 1999
Period
Support
Programin ComputerScience
Participation
Research
R.EU:An Undergraduate
EIA-9732339
Gnnt Number
$146,700
AmountofAward
31,2001
15,1998untilJanuary
February
Period
Support
Thetwo REU grantsarethe latestof tlrce glantssupportinga HopeCollegeREUsiteprogmm
researchprqectseverysurrner
overthepastnineyears.The Pl hassupe isedundergaduate
researchunderthis projectin 1996.Four
undergaduate
liom 1992-1999.The Co-PI supervised
by ttrePI aredirectlyrelatedto theproj€ctprcsentedin this proposal
of theprojectssupervised
of a combinationclassroom
theestablishment
TheDLrEgrantwasanILI projecttllat supported
and
thatprovidesa searressintegrationof la.rgegroup(classroom)
andlaboratoryenvironment
berng
purchased
wittt this grantis presendy
snull group(laboratory)learring.Theequipment
ofthe
andthisfacility alongwith successon
tsed in all HopeCollegeComputerScienceclasses
environmenllor the presenrprojecl'
will provi& tie classroom
originalequipment
2 Project OverYiew
for visualizingprogEmexecutionthat
TheFoposedprojectwitl build anenvironm€nt
in an
studedle3mingandwill dwelopmataialstlBt mak€useofthis environment
supports
will be
inductory ComputerSciencecouse TbisenvtoDrnent
Object-Oriente4Java-based
tllat havealrcadybeenconstuctedby thePI andhis studentsandwill be
built from components
developedunderthe leadenhipofthe co-PI
€nvionmentintothecoulsethrcughtl1e
drcvisualization
Thecoursematerialwill integrat€
homework
laboratoryactivities,andoutside-of-c1ass
oflecturedemonstrations,
development
exqcises.Thesewill be refinedandimprovcdtlrcugh classtesting
though studentsurveys,
Theirnpactofthis €nviroffnenton leamingwill be evaluated
loggingstudentusageto measuenatur€andimpactofuseofthe envionmenqandby tlrccritical
reviewsof outsideexperts.
3 Goalsand Objectives
objectives'
Thisprojecthasfourgoals,aslishdbelowalongwiththeirconesponding
envtonmentto
visualization
execution
Goal 1:We will developan integnted,web-based
intoductoryComputerScienceleaming.
enhance
for Javaprogram
components
Obiective1a.We will int€gratepreviouslydeveloped
protocol,recusior! andevenf&ivencomputlng
clasvm€thod
visua.lizing
development,
and
ftat will permitcodegeneration
Obiectivelb. We will adda facilityto thisenvircnment
interactions.
playbackof visualuser^nachine
environment'
Goal2: We will developcoursemodulesthatusethevjsualization
modulesincludingfollow-upweb-based
Obiective2a.We will developlecturepresentation
envircnrnent
reviewmattrialstlat utilizetie visualizarion
usingthevisualizalionenvlofinent
Obiective2b.We will delgloplaboratoryexercises
requiringuseofthe
Obiective2c.We will dwelopout-of-classhomeworkexercises
envrcnment
visualization
tlrc materialsandmodi! fhembasedon theevaluatron'
@glf: We will evaluate
Science225cornse'
9bi99l@3q. We wil usethesematerialslocallyin theCornputer
by coll€ctingdataftom students'
Obiective3b.We will evaluateeffectiveness
Qbigq!@3g. We will distributeour matedalsto a
panelof expstsfor criticalreview'
Obiective3d.We will modifi andimprovetlle materialsbasedon thes€
with otherComputerScienceeducators
Qgg!!: Wewill sharethematerialsdeveloped
publication,web
ow resultsthroughprofessional
Obiective4a.we will communicate
publication,andworkshopsat nationalandregionalconferences
a cornmunityofusersfor thecontinuedevaluation,
Obiective4b, We will establ.ish
of thesematerials.
developmen!andmaintenance
4 ProblemAddressed
ln thepasttenyears,we haveseena majorchangein boththecontentandmethodsusedin
in this project'
areaddressed
introductoryComputerScienceinstruction.Threeofthosechanges
Theparadigmofproblemsolvinginnoducedin thiscourwhaschangedftom predominandy
This hasbe€nevidentin tle textSookpublished
objecForient€d
imperativeto predominant.ly
used.
languages
andin theprogramming
teachingin this coursehasmovedtom lecture-based
In additiorqthemodeof classroom
leaming.TheComputingasa Disciplinereport[4] gave
presentation
to interactive,cooperative
imDetusto thismovementandit hascontinuedto growasmoreemplasishasbeenplacedon
in
in generalandin C,mputerScienceeducation
leamingi:r a[ ofhighereducation
collabomtive
particdar[3] U8l.
ofthe
learninghasbeena phenomenon
Finally,theuseofthe WorldWide Webio enhance
in ComputerScience[1]
partof coulsepresentration
lastfive yean,andis b€cominganintegrated
t2l.
TheproposedFoject is intendedto addresssomeparticularinstructionalproblemstbatare
presentin object-oriented
inductory ComputerSciencelearningby applyingthenewwebleammg.
activ€,cooperative
technologlin a maffIertbatwill encourage
ba.sed
protocolof
by tlis Foject are(1) tlrc class/method
Thettre€ instructionaltopicsaddress€d
problemsolving;(2) recursion;and(3) event-&ivencomputing.
object-odented
to problemsolvingin
paradigmhasbecome*re approach
As the object-oriented
inrtuctionalchallengehasbecome
a fimdamental
inductory ComputerSciencecourses,
prolocol.This hasbe€nnotedby
ofthe class/method
esbblishingearlystudentunderstanding
theBIueenvironment[11] andits successor,
othersincludingKitling [9]U0l who hasd€veloped
tlrcBIu€JenvironnentU2l ttrathassimilargoalsto thatofthe presentprojectin workingon this
problem,
A secondproblem0ut haslong existedin Cofiputrl Scienceinsbuctionat all levelsis
ofproceduralrecursionU3l[20], Visualizationbasfrequendybeen
developinganunderstanding
usedasa tool to addressthis problem[8].
by thisprojectis developingstudentundeNtanding
addressed
A tlrirdinstructionalchallenge
of everf&iven computing.This is a morcrcc,entissue[19],withouta longhistoryof
visuali tionapproaches.
5 Prior Work
4
h the last threeyears,the PI has addrcssedeachofthe three instructionalproblems
describedin Section4 tltough tl1euseofvisualization teclmiquesThis work was done\l1th
srLpportftom tle NSF REU programduring the sunmers of 1997-l999 SeeSoction I tor a
<lescriptionof this sutpport.The rcsultsoftlis prior work will fonn 1l'tcb:rsisfbr the prescnt
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Thefusl project,developed
protocolby providingtheabiliryto vicw anyJavaclass'methodprotocol
ofthc class/method
and activatingany ofits medrodsby draggingand &opping objeotsinto its pararneterpositions
andclickingon tre methodbox.After theclic( theactionofthe methodis performedandany
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andfomat of ObViz,theJavasoftwaretlut
shoxnin Figue I to illusb:ate
providestlis facility.Obviz needsonly theJavaVirtualMachinecodeofa classto visualizetlut
heredueto spacelimitations
thatcarmotbe descdb€d
class.This soft\a"rehasmanycapabilities
andhasbe€nus€din manydifferentcoruseonviIofinerfsat HopeCollegeatrdelsewhero.
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for
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methodwithpararnet€r
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cunentlyexecuiing
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window(notshown
here)to control
cxecutionsPccdand
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5.2RecursionVisualization
by ttrcPI
Visualizationofrecursionis providedby a packagecaled VizFun[6] developed
Weinlrold Thispackageacceptsasinput
Erin ParkerandRebecca
alongwith unde€raduates
soulc€cadefor Javametrcdsandproducesa visualizationfor theexecutionofthosemethods
prodrcesa fiamefor eachmetrrodcall,includingrecunivecallsor callson
Thevisualization
Eachmelhodcall framecontainstlresoucecodefor tltatmedlodwitb fte
othermedrcds.
highlighted.A[ activemethodsarevisiblein a stackas
cunentlyexecutingJavastatem€nt
shownin Figwe2.
53 Visualizationof EYent-DrivenComputing
of
A third development
Foject result€din AWTV4 a Foduct thatFoduc€svisualiztions
by JosiahDykstraandKeith Suppes
Javaevent-drivenmethodcallsffl. AWTViz wasdeveloped
workingwirh thePI. kr this case,drcwindowof AWTViz, shownin Figure3, containsthe
souc€codeofthe cwlentlyexecutingmethodwith an€xecutiont'ace,a call stackfor metlpds,
anda historyofmefiod calls,all arrangedsothattheshrdentcanfollow in detailtle executron
of meftodsttat arecalledby eventsproducedby usetinteraction
Sourcecod€of cunenlly
executingmethodwith
windowsgenerated
by thcAWT will
appearalongwith
this window during
highlighred
Figure 3 AWTViz visuali"ition ofEvent-Driv€nJava
5.4A Jaya DevelopmentEnvironment
A.notlersoftwarepoduct developedundertheHopeCollegeREU programis JaDE,a Java
Javasou{cecod€ontry,editing,and
Envtorunerfdratpermit web-hosted
Development
by hofessorGordonSteginkwltb
executionofthe resultingapplet.Thiswasdeveloped
JonPaterandDaronVrcon [16] Figue 4 showsa snapshotofth€ JaDE
from students
assistance
envirunment.
Javaprogram de1clopmenteniironment
Figure 4 J!DE: a browser-based
5.5IntegratedClassroomand Laboratory
activitiesrelatedto thisprojectwill occurin theclassroom
Thesettingfor theclassroom
contains
in SectionI This classroom
with supportfrom theNSFILI gant described
conskucted
to
thatsupporseasytransitionftom lectureto discussion
in anarrangement
12Sunworkstations
containsprojection
laboratoryactivitiesfor up to 24 shrdents.Inaddition,thisclassroom
by mearsofthe
effectivelywith sfudents
facilitiesto enabletheinstructorto communicate
iiskuctor's stationat theiiont of theroom.This clas$oomis usedfor all ComputerScience
at HopeCollege,includingtheonethatwill bethehostfor theshrdydescribedin this
classes
ofthis clas$oom.
proposal.Figue 5 illushatestlrcconfiguration
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Figure5 Computer
classroomnrborrtory
6 Proj€ctActivities
Thegojecttimelineis givenbelow:
Softwareimplemenbtion
Coursemat€dalpr€paration
AcademicYear,2001-2 Classtesting
Softwareandcoursematqial rcfinement
Preparation
for dissemination
2002
Summer,
workhoD desim
Summer,2001
6.1Background- CourseandFacilities
by this projectis CSCI225,Softwarc
Thecousetlut will hostthematerialsdeveloped
coursein t}rcHopeCollege
DesignandImplementatiorlIt is thefrst CompuleiScience
tlat f}restudenbhavesomepnor programmrng
curriculum,ftough it hasasa prerequisite
with
languag€
usingdreJavaprogramming
It is an inhodr]ctionto ComputqScience
experience.
teatmentofevent-&ivencomputingthrough
an objects-firstapproachIt alsoincludesextensive
theintroductionoftlre JavaAbstractWindowsToolkit (AWT) libraryclassesThecourseoudine
for CSCI225is givenin APPudix A.
in Section5 5 andmeetsfor five fifo-minte
described
Thisclassmeetsin theclassroom
andlaboratory
periodspo week,with thattime flexibly dividedinto lecfire,demonstratioq
is tbattlle timeis dividedinto
activities,dishibutedat theinshuctor'sdiscretiorAn estirnate
30% lecture,30% demonstratior!and407olaboratory.
6.2 SoftwareDeYelopment
processwill takeplaceduringthesummerof200l. This effort
Thesoftwaredevelopment
who will be fuIdedby
by two undergraduates
will be headedby co-PIRyanMcFall,assisted
Goal I in Section3. The
NSFREU f.uds or by HopeCollegef.mds.This activi$ will address
activitiesto meetthespecificobjectsaregivenb€low:
I . Integmt€Feviouslycompletedsoftwar€corponents.
Theproposedactivitieshereare
r
UseObViz asthemain userinterface.
.
througbtheuseofJaDE.
fo! visualization
Facilitatestudentcode-geneEtion
.
usingVizFunwhena method
traceandvisuaLization
IncludeoptioDalmethodexecution
is activatedthough Obviz.
.
Allow optionalactivationofA\lTViz tlroughObVL
.
via a webbrowser.
accessible
Makeall components
.
offuturevisualization
Providea genenlinterfacetllat will enabletheintegration
components
beyondthoseincludedin thisproject
l0
Thiswill generate
usageofindividualcornponents
2. Providea capabilityfor loggingshrdent
by monitoringindividuatstrdelrtactrvrty
datatbatwil behelpfirlin tlreeraluationprocess
withindresoftware.
andplaybackfaciJityfor ObVD Thiswill rccordall
3. Provideanoptionalcode-generatioo
methodinvocatioruactivatedby ObVL andrecordthemasJavacodethatcanthenby
"playedback"at a latertime by an ObVizplaybackcomponent'
6.3CourseMaterial Preparation
duringthesummerof 20Ol This processwill be directed
Coursematerialwill b€ developed
who will be fundedby NSF REU
of two students
by PI HerbertDenhemwith theassistance
funds.This activirywill ad&essGoal2 in section
research
flmdsor Hop€Collegeundergraduate
in a similarformatwithinthe
components
3. ThePl hasakeadyusedthepreviouslydeveloped
softwareandrcsultin materials
CSCI225course.This activitywill makeuseoftlle integrated
ThematerialdevelQedwill takethreeforms:
thatwill evertuallybe suitablefo! dissernination.
with follow-up
1. Lectureillusb-ations
Thisis bestillusfatedby anexample.Whenintoducingt]le conceptofclassesandtheir
will be developedfor alassroom
metlrodFotocol, a numberof suitableexampleclasses
of Javac'de andits
withinflrcObviz componentTheconcurentexarnination
illusbration
modificationwithinJaDEwill alsobeusedin rhisseting Follow-upaaivitieswill include
studentplaybackof lechle illustrationsbothbeforeandaftermakingdirectedmodificationto
thecode.
2. In-classlaboratoryexercises
by pain ofstudentswithin an
to be completed
Thesewill be activitiesdesigned
by a webpage
Eachlabomtoryexercisewill bepresented
environment.
instructor-supervised
ll
tl|atwill describetheaativitiesandFovide opporhmityfor studentinleractionln additioq
eachlaboratoryexercis€will makeussofone or moreof thevisualizationcomponents.
will belephreillustaion follow'Ws andactivitiesto
Somelaboratoryexercises
tools.A furtherexampleof a labomtoryexerclse
wilh tlrevisualization
familiarizesnrdents
witl a faulty
0leleamingofrccursionwouldprovidetlrestudents
tlut wouldenhanc€
recunivemethodandleadthemthroughdiscoveryof theenorby usingVizFun.The
wiftin JaDEand
tbrcughrMking corrections
exercisewouldthendirecttle students
for a nunber ofdiff€rentrecursive
vedfyingits corectress.Thisproc€sscouldbe repeaf€d
methods.
3. Out-of classActivities
by thestudentoutside
to becompleted
A fu)alt ?e of leamingactivityis tbatdesign€d
and
setting.Suchactivitieswouldbe similarto in-classlaboratorycxercises,
ofthe classroom
in fact,in-classlabsaretequentlycompletedasout-olclasshomework.But additional
Theseactivities
for out-of-classleamingreinfor@ment.
especially
activitieswill bedesigned
to
couldb€ eitheroptionalor requiredAn exampleof suahanactivityis anassignment
to useAWTViz
createa classinaludingits userinterhce.In additionto directingtlrc shrdents
wouldbe askedto testtlleir classwlth
of theinterface,thestudents
in theconstmction
sourcecodeto theinshuctor'Another
ObViz,recordingthetestandsubmittingthegenerated
classesfor blackboxtesting
student-written
€xchange
out-of-classactivityis io bavestudents
withinObviz.
6.4 ClassTestiog and Material Refinement
of2001,thePI will teacha sectionof CSCI225usingthe
Duringtle Fall Semester
duringtheprecedingsurnner.He will refineandimproveboththecourse
materialsdeveloped
l2
fiom theCo-PI.ThePI will haveone-fowthrelease
rnaterialsandtlrc softwarcwith assistanc€
providedasaninstihrtionalcontributioqto work on thisproject.Data
time duringthis semester,
for evaluatingthematerialswill alsobecollecteddudngth€s€mester.
againrefining
Theco-PIwill teacha sectionof CSCI225duringthe Spring,2002semester,
time for
andimprovingthecoursematerialsandsoftware.Theco-PIwill haveone-fourdrrelease
by thePI
andwill beassisted
workingon thisprojec! providedasaninstihrtionalcontribution,
offering
Eva-luadon
datawill alsobe collectedduringdrespdngsemester
6.5Preparationfor Dissemination
in final form duringtlrc
ThePI andCo-PIwill put all ofthe softwarcandcou6enraterials
in theEvaluation
ofall of tlreproductsmentioned
summerof 2002.Thiswill includepreparation
of matedalsfor theworkhop describedin the
Plan(Section9) andthedesignandpreparation
samgsection.
7 Facilitiesand Resources
needed!o completetldsFoject arepresentlyavailablein tlrcHopeCollege
All resources
and3 PCs These
Thesefacilitiesinclude26 Sunworkstations
ComputerScienceDepartrnent.
in Section5.5andtwo
described
machinesareorganizedin threeareasrtheclassroom
thatpmvidebotha generalcomputingfacilitysuppotingall classactivitiesandan
laboratories
ofa widerangeof
Because
needsofupperlevelclass€s.
areatailoredfor theexperimentation
andmachine
envirorynents
uses,eachareais equippedwith a rich setof softwaredevelopment
ttnt supportour curricularofferings.
configurations
8 Experienceand Capabilitiesofthe PrincipalInvestigators
of ComputerScienceandchair
ThePrincipalInvestigatotHerbertDenhem,is a Professor
at HopeCollege.He basbeena facultymemberat Hopefor 31 years.Drofthe Deparhnent
ll
andtheuseofvisualizationin teaching
Dershemhasbeenactivein c.us€ developmerf
receivinggranbandpublishingpapersin thesearcas.He is ttrcprimary
ComputerScience,
inshuctorfor the cowsethatis target€dby tlis Poposal.
RyanMcFall,hasbeeninvolvedin cuniculumandcourse
TheCo-Principalklvestigator,
at bothMichiganstateUniversityandHopeCollege.At MichiganStatehewas
development
a
part ofa teamthat designedttle couse CPS100,"ComputingConceptsandCompetencies,"
problemsolvinginstuctionwith
largeeffollrnenqnorF[Iajorcowsethatcombineslab-based
ofa web-based
modifiedmastery-learning
U7l. Ir addition,PrcfessorMcFall wasa co-designer
at HopeCollege
inuoductiotto ComputerSci€nc€for generaleducationshrdents
lab-intensive
visualization
h€ workedon aninstructional
usingJavaandgaphics[15].As anundergraduate,
projectunderthe directionof thePI [14].
to tlrcproject His
technologies
McFallwill alsobringexpertisein webdevelopment
worl(son automaticdetectionandrepairofbrokenlida in distibuted
doctoraldissertation
bfornation systemssuchastheWorldWideWeb.
9 Evaluationand Assessment
f}lematerialsdevelopedfor this
in two ways!o assess
Datawill be collectedfiom students
will be
aft€reachactivi4/andstudents
Foject. Snrdentsuvey datawil be collectedirnmediately
ofthe materialsat tlrcerd ofthe course'
givena surveyto deteminetlrcir overallassessment
oDline asa pa't ofthe shrdent
wil be keptbriefandwilt be c-ompleted
Thesesuweyinstrurnents
wiih adviceAomtlle HopeC'll€ge Frost
andanalyzed
Theywill be designed
assignments.
Centerfor SocialScienc€Research.
Ii additiorLdatawilt be collectedttroughttreloggingfeaturesofthe soffrare Thisdatawil
by eachstudentAgain,we will mrsttlt
measuethearnountofusageofthe variouscomponents
l4
andin ther
with theFrcstC€nterto assistin thedesigoofttE datacollectioninstrurnents
amlysis.
Finally,we will employa panelofoutsidereviewe$to evaluatethematerialsat theendof
theswnrnerof 2001.Thispanelwi includehofessonAlyce Bradyfrom KalamazooCollege,
ftom XavierUniversityin Ohio,and
MylesMcNa[y fiom Alma College,GaryLewandowski
DaveBerqueftom DePauwllnivqsrry.
of Results
10 Dissemination
softwareandcorusc
Thisprojectwill resultin two Foductstbatwill be disseminated:
will be madeavailablefor
materials.
Thesoftwarealongwith illustrativedocumentation
on theintemet,aswill all cou$ematerials.
do\4'nloading
We expectto publisha paperon ttreresultsofthis Foject &at will detailthemethodsaid
S)Tnposiun.We will also
results.Thispap€rwill be submittedto lheACM SIGCSETechnica.l
providea completeinhoductionto thematerialsandour resultson theWorld WideWeb.This
thematerials.Also includedherewill
will alsoserveasa gat€wayto dolv'nloading
webpresence
bethecapabilityfor usersofthe rnat€rialto submitrnatldalsof tlEir ownasw€ll assuggestions
andcdticisrns.we e4ert ftat thiswill includematedalstbatusethe softwarein othercourse
to
futureupgrades
andimprovernents
will beusedto cornrmmicate
settings.
Thiswebpresence
the softwarcandcouIs€material.
We will alsogeparea workhop for intoducingComputerSciencefacultyto thesoftware
Thiswill be a four-hourworkshopandwill resultin theparticipants
andits us€in tlleir classe6.
wing thesoftwarc.This workshopwill beproposedfor
designingactivitiesfor ttreirovn classes
ofthe Consortiumfor
presentation
at tlrc SIGCSES)'mposiunandat drercgionalconferences
in SmallColleges.
Computing
15
Appendix A
CourseOutline for CSCI22+-Software Designand Implementation
Problem
Solving(1
6. Object-Oianted
l . Background(1 week)
. EvohrtionofProgadrning
. Intemetard World Wide Web
. Java- an Ovorview
2. Applets(l week)
. TheAppletClass
. JavaM€thod$
. G-Ahicalkoganrning
3 . GraphicalUserInterfac€s(l weeD
. Components
r TextualWidgpb
r ActiveWidgeb
4. VisualDesign(1 week)
. Containers
. Layouts
. IlgFl€vel containqs
5 . Javalrnguag€ (2 weeks)
. T)?es
. Idendiers
. Olteraio$
. Sbt€ments
r Conditionals
. EvenbandElEntHandling
w€eD
. Desigr
. Classdetcrnination
. Metlpddetemination
'7. Collections
(2 weola)
. Loops
. turays
.
Solting
. Srings
(2
andInput/Output
8 . Excoptions
weeks)
. Exc€ption
Corditions
. Exc€.ption
[Iandlers
. St€ams
o Files
(l week)
9. Threads
. Thr€aded
Execution
. Synchrcnzng
thEads
. Appletsin cyboFpace
10.Applesfor theweb(1 week)
. Irnages
andSounds
. AJrimations
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BIOGRAPHICALSKETCH
No Bio Data Provided
BiographicalSketches
PrincipalInvestigator:HerbertL. Dershem
Education:
B.S.UniversityofDaytor! 1965
M.S.(ComputerSci€nce)PudueUniversity,1967
Ph.D.(ComputerScience)PurdueUniversity,1969
ProfessionalExpelie ce:
19'74-1981,
Associate
Professor,
Professor,
1969-1974,
Assistant
HopeCollege,
chairofcomputer ScienceDepartrnent,1975-present.
Professor,1981-prcsent,
Scientis!1977-1978
VisitingResearch
OakRidgeNationalLaboratories,
Program,VisitingProfessor,1982-1983.
BosicnUniversityOverseas
Visitinghofessor,1993-1994
UnitedStatesAir ForceAcademy,Distinguished
Publications(last sixyears):
"An AbstractWindowToolkit visualizerfor
Dyl$tr4 J.,D€rshem,H.L., andK. Suppes,
ComputerSciencelrsfucnor.," Proceedingsof lhe 33* MidwestInstrrclion akd Computing
MN.
Symposiun(CDROM),Ap 1415,2000,Minneapolis,
Visuallaer,"Journal of
Function
Java
R.
Weinhol4
"A
Parker,
D.E.,
and
Dershem,H.L.,
Computing
in SmallColleges,ls,l(Oct 1999),221-230.
for TeachingObjecrodented
"JavaClassvisua.lization
Dershem,H.L. andJ. Vanderhyde,
Concepts,"S/GCSEBulletin, 30,|(Mar 1998),53-57.
SortingAnimation"'SIGCSEBulletin'
Denhem.H.L. andP. Brurnmund,"Toolsfor Web-Based
1998),
??
30,1(Max
'Data Stucnueswith Ada Packages,
De$hem,H.L., Barth,W., Bowsher,C., andD. Brown,
Laboratofies,
andAnifitatiors,"Proceedingsof theFirst Aus*alasian Conferenceon
ComputerScienceEducation,JtjJy,1996,32-38.
Dersllem;H.L.andM.J. ltpplng,PrcgrammingLanguages:Modelsand Structurcs:Second
,Edtlor, PWSPublishingCo., 1995,
McFall.R. andDershem.'Tinite StateMachineSimulationin anInroductoryI'ab," SIGCSE
Bulletin,26,1(M^t1994),126-140.
ResearchGrantAwards:
Curriculurn,"NSF Officeof
Co-director"Introductionoftlrc Compulerin theStatistias
Activities,
1971-1973,$45,800.
Computing
Director,"A ModularApproachto theInhoductoryCousein ComputerScience,"NSF l,ocal
CourseIrnprovementProgBm,I 978-I 980, $ 14,200.
Co-Director "A MoqocomputerLabotatoryfor usein TeachingStatistics,"NSFIisfructional
1979-1980,
$10,315.
ScientifcEquipmentPrograr\
NSF Rt]I Program,
Director "CSNETMembe$hipin Supportofcomputer ScienceResearch,"
1990.$9.375.
1987Program""NSF REU Program,I 992Research
Di€ctot "ComputerScienceUndergraduate
$146,700.
$r14,393t1998-2000,
1994,$86,s50;1995-1997,
Direat6, "Us€ofAd4 i-aboratories,
andVisualizationin theTeachingofData Stluotuesand
Dsc{e,teMatlt€rratics,"DARPA CurriculunDevelopment
Grant 193-1994, $23,010.
Drcctor,"Curiculum andT€r&ook Developm€nt
UsingAda 9X for theTcachingof ObjectOrientedConcepts,"US Ai Forc€Contracq1995-1996,$34,464.
Co-Dkocbr, "An Inbgrat€dClassroom/-abordlory
for InhoducingShrdenbto Obj€ct-Orieded
Concepts,"
NSFILI Progmm,1996-1998,
$46,356.
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Sbginb RyanMcFal
BiographicalSketches
Co-PrincipalInvestigator:Ryan L. McFall
Education:
B.S.HopeCollege,1993
M.S. (ComputerScience)MichiganStateUniversity'1995
Ph.D.(ComputerScienc€)Mchigan StateUnivenity, 2000(exp€cted)
Professional Exper i ence:
HopeColege,visiting hsbuctor, 1995-1996,Assistantkofessor,staxtingFa[ 2000'
PublicationsQastsix/ears):
'lnhoductoryCompubrSciencefor GeneralEducation:.
McFall,R. andG. Steginlq
Teitbool6, andtheIntemet,"SIGCSEBulletin,29,lQtar 1997),96-100
Laboratodes,
'Finit€ StateMachineSimulationin an IntroductoryLab," SIGCSE
McFalLR. andDeNhen\
Bulletin, 26,1(Mar | 994), 126- | 40.
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andGordonSt€gink.
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WHYTHISINFORMATION
IS BEINGREQUESTEO:
The FedelalGovernment
hasa continuing
commilmenl
to monitorlhs opeaiionoi ils reviewandawardprocesses
to id€ntifyandaddress
any inequiliesbasedon gender,race,elhnjcity,or disabilityol ils proposedPls/PDs.To gatherinlormation
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lash,lhe proposershouldsubmita singlecopy oJthis lormior each identiliedPI/PDwilh eachproposat.
Submission
ot the requested
inlormalion
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andwjllnotaffectlheorganization's
eligibility
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gaugewhelherour programsand olheroppodunities
in scienceandlechnology
are fairlyreachingand benefitang
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andeducalional
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invesligators
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io governmenl
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267(January
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or otherPaciticlsrander.
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origins
in anyollhe; ginarpeopres
of Hawaii,
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orolherPaciiic
lslands.
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having
origins
inanyotlheo ginalpeoples
of Europe,
thel\,{iddts
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WHYTHISINFORMATION
IS BEINGREOUESTED:
The FederalGovernmenl
hasa continuing
comfiilmenlto monitorth€ opehtionol its reviewand awardprocesses
lo identilyandaddress
any inequitiesbasedon gender,race,ethnicity,or dlsabilityol its proposedPls/PDs.To gatherinlohalion neeaeaiorinis imfo'i-rr,r
Submission
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norallecl
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in scienceandtechnology
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groupshavethe sameknowledge
ol andacceslto programiandother
research
andeducational
oppurlunilies;
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investigators
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19:1il:,"-i,,"ld!i
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FileandAssociated
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26T(January
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63 FederalRegister
268(January
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOI]NDATION
4201WLSON BOIJLEVARD
ARLINGTON.VIRGINIA22230
DIRECTORATEFOR EDUCATION
AND HI]MAN RESOIJRCES
Division of UndcryraduateEducation(DUE)
ocT18 2000
Dr. HerbertL. Dershem
Departmentof ComputerScience
HopeCollege
27 GravesPlace
Holland,MI 49422-9000
Re: DUE - 0088407
DearDr. Dershem:
Foundation's
to theNationalSoience
carcfullythe proposalthatyou submitted
We haveconsidered
you
thatwe
(CCLI)
I
regret
to
inform
Program.
Laboratory
Improvement
and
Course,Cuniculum
project.
your
proposed
provide
for
support
arenot ableto
projectsupportarebasedprimarilyon theperceived
regdrding
decisions
TheFoundation's
Theadvicewe solicitandrcoeivefrom the
meritof theproposals.
scientificandeducational
reviewers
entersheavilyintoour decisions.
copiesofthe reviewsreceivedfor yourproposalareenclosedThe
Verbatim(butanonymous)
ofthe reviewersandstaffjudgmentserveasthebasisfor our decisionPlease
comments
policyor
reflecttheFoundation's
do not necessadly
that individualrevi€wetcomments
understand
position.
We are gratefutfor your interestin improvingundergraduateeducationand appreciateyour effort
informationandthercviewsexplain
ill preparingandsubmittinga prcposal.I hopethe€nclosed
please
contact
theProgramOfficerwho
bul
ifnot,
actions,
for
the
Foundation's
the reasons
(703)
proposalat
292-8666
thereviewofyour
managed
Sincerely,
7a-'-Y {#,rNormanL. Fortenberry
DivisionDirector
Enclosures
Officeror President
Copyto: Business
HopeCollege
P.O.Box 9000
Holland,MI 49422-900
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
4201WLSON BOIJLEVARD
ARLINGTON.VIRGINIA22230
FOREDUCATION
DIRECTORATE
AND HUMANRESOURCES
Educatiotr(DUE)
Divisionof Undergraduate
Dr.Herbert
L. Dershem
Science
Departrnent
of Computer
HopeCollege
Place
27Graves
MI 49422-9000
Holland,
Re:DUE- 0088407
DearDr. Dershem:
As indicatedin Dr, Fortenberry'sletter, ercloseda.rethe reviewsofyour Course,Curriculum
andLaboratoryImprovement(CCLI) proposal. Thesereviewswere witten by faculty and
othe!professionalsfrom the scientific communityinterestedin the improvementof
education,andthey werea major factor in determiningthat your proposal
undergmduat€
could not be fundedwithin the budgetfor CCLI. A written summaryofthe discussionby the
panelalsois enclosed.
Firstly, con$atulationson a wcll-w tten prcposal. The reviewersandI very much appreciate
thequalityofyour writing, However,thercviewelsfoundtwo areasofmajor concemwith
this proposalwith which I concur:all major componentsofthe project alreadyexist, having
ofthesecomponents
evaluation
with NSF REU support,andno substantive
beendeveloped
hastakenplacein the contextof enhancedstudentleaming. The proposaldoesnot address
why your approachis superiorto severalother similar efforts. In orderto makethis case,you
must evaluateyow curent softwareproductsin termsof studentlearning. I suggestthat your
appropriatenext stepshouldbe to evaluatethe materialsthat you havealreadydeveloped,in
termsof studentlearningnot simple utility, andthen,if the evaluationis positive,to develop
ar EMD:Full proposalfor review in a future CCLI routrd.
education
We appreciateyour efforts on behalf of undergraduato
ProgmmDirector
Division of Under$aduateEducation
NATIONAL SCIENCEFOUNDATION
Arlington, VA 22230
DIRECTORATE FOR EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
Divisionof UndergraduateEducation
Course,Curriculum, and LaboretoryImprovem€nt(CCLI)
GetrerelItrformrtion for Applicants,FY 2001
The CCLI programreceivedl04l proposals
requesting
$ 170million by thedeadlineofJune6,
2000. lt is anticipatedthat $40 million will be availablefor theseprojectsandthat thesefirnds
will permit approximately300 goposals to be supportedin the CCLI program, More
specifically,
427proposals
weresubmittedto theEducational
MaterialsDevelopment
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(A&l), and22 to NationalDissemination
track,592to AdaptationandImplementation
(ND).
Theprogramexpectsto makeabout100EMD awads,200A&l awards,and5 ND awards.
Eachproposalwas considered
by a panelof reviewers,eachof whom receiveda copy of all
proposalsto be reviewedby that panel. Eachpanelmemberreadand wrote reviewsof the
proposalsandthenthe panelconvenedas a groupto discussthe proposalsunderconsideration.
Following these discussions,
reviewerscompletedtheir individual written reviews of each
proposal. The written remarksare addressed
to the NSF and reflectthe views of individual
reviewers.In mostcases,onememberofthe panelpreparcd
a summaryofthe discussion.
Decisions about particula! proposalsare often very difficult, and factors other lnan revrewer
commentsand ratingsenterinto th€ decision. Commentsby a reviewermust sometimesbe
considered
in the contextof otherreviewsby the sameperson.Maintainingappropriate
balance
amongdisciplines,the availabilityof otherfunding,the total amountof fundsavailableto the
programfor proposals,
andgeneralfoundationpoliciesarealsoimportantdecisionfactors.
pleasefeel
Additionalinformationaboutthe decisionon yotu proposalis providedseparately.
freeto contacttheprogramdirectorif moreinfomationwouldbe helpful.To seetheawardsthat
.rre made as a result of this competition,you are encouraged
to consult the Division of
UndergnduateEducation's(DUE) Web-basedProject InformarionResourceSystem(PIRS)st
<http://w\r'w.ehr.nsf.qov/PlRweb/Search>.
This resourceis intendedto provide accessto
currert informationaboutprojectsfundedby the NSF though the programsin DUE.
lhe CCLI programwill operateagain in l-Y02. A revisedprogramsolicitarionand the
application deadline will be available early in 2001 on DUE's Web site at
<h!pxl!^U!€bl4gigq!@!&Dug>.
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visualizationenvironmentftom prcviously fimd€dcomponents;to integratethis environment
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Prcposal
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PI: Herbert
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The project aimsto build an €nvironm€lt for visualizingprogramexecutionin supportofstudent
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previouswork. Including lectureillustratiols, andboth in-classandout-of-classactivitieswas
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reviewers
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This proposalcomesfrom a PI with a strongrecordofparticipation andcompletior ofNSF
fundedwork. The visualizationmaterialsthat havebeerld€velopedat Hope havebeen
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Proposal
Number:0088407
PI: Dershem,
Herbet
Co-PI:McFall,Ryan
Institution:HopeCollege
Title: An Object-orientedExecutionVisualizationEnvironmentfor Leaming
IntroductoryComputerScience
Projectgoals:
l. buildenvironmenllor visualizingprogramexecution
2. producematerialsthat usethe visualizationenvircnmentfor a Java-basedCSI course
3. evaluatethe impactofthe environmenton leaming
4. disseminatematerials/evnironment
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Proposal
Number:0088407
PI: Heftert De$h€m
Institution: Hope College
This proposalbuilds on considerablepreviouswork to extendcapabilitiesfor
visualizationin the intloductory computersciencecourse, More specifically,the
proposalseeksto provid€ supportfor faculty ove$ight for on-goingstudenffaculty
collaborationin integating cxisting tools into curlent couses arldto expandthosetools
somewhat.
The PI hasan extensiveandstrongtrack rccordof facilitating on-goingstudenffaculty
research,andthis proposalcontainsmany solid componentsthat reflect this experience.
The goalsandobjectivesarewell definedand clearly stated,the environmentfor the
work is clearly described,pastwork is describedwith appropriatesuppoting figwes, the
implementatiol plan andtimetablearcwell laid out, the eyaluationplan includesboth
intemal datacollection andextemalreyielv, andthe disseminationplan follows the wellestablish€dfolm which the PI hasusedwith considerablesuccessin the past. Altogether,
the writing andorganizationfor the proposalarenicely done.
With thesemany positives,however,the ploposalcontainsrelatively descriptionofthe
actualwork to be done. More specifically,the proposald€scribesfour existingpackages
developedby the proposers:ObViz asa visual interfacefor invoking clasyobject
methods,VizFun for visualizingthe executionofrecusive methods,AWTViz for
viewing Javaevent-ddvenmethodcalls, andJaDEasajava D€volopmentEnvircnment.
The proposalseeksto integratethesetools,but it is not clearjust what this wo* might
entail aseachpieceseemsto be completealready. Similarly, little detail is provided for
the logging componentofthe work, or how the logging describedherewould differ from
efforts underwayby others(e.g.,SamuelRebelskyat Grinnell College). Finally, while
the proposalreferencesthe Blue andBlueJ environments,thereare few details
conceminghow the cunent/prcposedeffon might differ.
Altogether,the proposal$eatesa sellsethat the new work will continuethe on-goingand
suacessfirleffort ofthe PI andhis colleagues,andthe proposalhasmany qualitiesone
might expectof an experiercedgnnt-writer anddeveloper.However,the proposalalso
seemsoverly brief concemhg someimportantdetailsand directions.