A teaching approach for bridging the gap between low‐level and high‐level programming using assembly language learning for small microcontrollers

Bolanakis, Dimosthenis E.; Evangelakis, G.A.; Glavas, Euripidis; Kotsis, Konstantinos T.

doi:10.1002/cae.20333

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“…Despite the fact that students should obtain an appropriate and effective learning of the examined MCU architecture, they should also earn the benefit of learning how to apply their knowledge under any circumstances. Accordingly, our research focused on a systematic approach, addressed to help the student in bridging the gap between high-and low-level programming (Bolanakis et al 2009c). This choice stemmed from the need to help students relating new information to their educational background and thereafter providing them with the ability of proceeding to a future self-study of other MCUs.…”

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“…Following extensive cross-disciplinary research, a good working tutoring system for theory (Bolanakis et al 2008(Bolanakis et al , 2009a(Bolanakis et al , 2009b(Bolanakis et al , 2009c and practice (Bolanakis et al 2007a(Bolanakis et al , 2007b(Bolanakis et al , 2007c is presently experienced at the Department of Communications, Informatics and Managements, Epirus Educational Institute of Technology, 92 D.E. Bolanakis et al Arta, Greece.…”

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Switching from computer to microcomputer architecture education

Bolanakis

Kotsis

Laopoulos

2009

European Journal of Engineering Education

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In the last decades, the technological and scientific evolution of the computing discipline has been widely affecting research in software engineering education, which nowadays advocates more enlightened and liberal ideas. This article reviews cross-disciplinary research on a computer architecture class in consideration of its switching to microcomputer architecture. The authors present their strategies towards a successful crossing of boundaries between engineering disciplines. This communication aims at providing a different aspect on professional courses that are, nowadays, addressed at the expense of traditional courses.

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Switching from computer to microcomputer architecture education

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Laopoulos

2009

European Journal of Engineering Education

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“…However, an understanding of computer architecture and internal operation is considered to be essential to fully develop programming skills. Thus, the teaching of an assembly language (second generation languages) was considered necessary and continues to be included in many IT programming curriculum (Bolanakis, Evangelakis, Glavas, & Kotsis, 2011).…”

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A Debate over the Teaching of a Legacy Programming Language in an Information Technology (IT) Program

Ali

Smith

2014

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This paper presents a debate between two faculty members regarding the teaching of the legacy programming course (COBOL) in a Computer Science (CS) program. Among the two faculty members, one calls for the continuation of teaching this language and the other calls for replacing it with another modern language. Although CS programs are notorious for continuous updates (and hence debates over the updates) of their courses, but the teaching of COBOL programming language has sparked many debates that have been on-going for years. Each side of the debate provides evidences that support their position.This study, although, provides a debate over the same topic but it is different from ongoing debates because it balances the views expressed by both sides of the debates. This in turn shows the difficulty encountered by various departments when making a decision about COBOL. We are presenting in the paper a thorough literature review regarding both sides of views. We are also incorporating in this debate the lessons we learned from our long experience in this field. Thus, we will present our conclusion and recommendation in this paper based on the literature review and on our experience in this field. Our goal from writing this paper is two faceted: first, to present opinions about each side of the position regarding the teaching of COBOL, and, second, to reach a consensus regarding the continuation of teaching this programming language (or for this matter replacing it with another language).

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“…Para minimizar esse problema, professores da disciplina de Arquitetura e Organização de Computadores frequentemente buscam novos métodos de ensino, muitas vezes com a utilização de simuladores educacionais que permitem realizar a simulação de sistemas computacionais [9]. Nikolic et al [10] discutem a ampla variedade de simuladores disponíveis na literatura e mencionam a importân-cia da seleção de um modelo que atenda as expectativas pedagógicas do curso no qual será utilizado.…”

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