Running Time Analysis Activity

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* Part 1: The instructor will provide a set of files from the chosen HFOSS project (in the chosen programming language).
 
* Part 1: The instructor will provide a set of files from the chosen HFOSS project (in the chosen programming language).
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** see here for a few HFOSS projects: http://foss2serve.org/index.php/HFOSS_Projects
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** for example, for C#, one could use OpenPetra: https://www.openpetra.org/
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* Part 2: The instructor will provide a list of running times, and the learners will search for 2-3 code snippets matching those running times.
 
* Part 2: The instructor will provide a list of running times, and the learners will search for 2-3 code snippets matching those running times.
  

Revision as of 15:56, 19 June 2019

A Learning Activity is the smallest unit of learning and could be a classroom activity, homework assignment, etc. Learning activities can be sequenced into Learning Modules, and can support steps on Pathways to FOSS contributions.

Overview

Title

Running Time Analysis Activity.

Overview

Students will search for snippets of code in a given HFOSS project, with a given running time

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of the Running Time (big-Oh) and access to the project's source files

Learning
Objectives
After successfully completing this activity, the learner should be able to:
  • Learners should be able to analyze the running time for various code snippets from a given set of source files
  • Learners should be able to search for code snippets that have a given running time.
Process Skills
Practiced
  • Information Processing


Background

  • Learners should be able to understand the definition of the running time analysis
  • Learners should be able to read code in a given programming language (the HFOSS project will be chosen based on this programming language)

Directions

  • Part 2: The instructor will provide a list of running times, and the learners will search for 2-3 code snippets matching those running times.

Deliverables

  • What will deliver the answers to the two activities above in any document format (such as: doc, pdf, odf, google doc)

Notes for Instructors

The remaining sections of this document are intended for the instructor. They are not part of the learning activity that would be given to students.

Assessment

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  • How will feedback to the student be determined?

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Criteria Level 1 (fail) Level 2 (pass) Level 3 (good) Level 4 (exceptional)
Criterion 1...
Criterion 2...

Comments

  • What should the instructor know before using this activity?
  • What are some likely difficulties that an instructor may encounter using this activity?

Suggestions for Open Source Community

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Additional Information

ACM BoK
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ACM BoK
Topic(s)

What specific topics are addressed? The Computing Curricula 2013 provides a list of topics in Appendix A - The Body of Knowledge (page 58) - https://www.acm.org/education/CS2013-final-report.pdf

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Estimated Time
to Complete

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Materials

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