skip to main content
article
Free Access

The IIT MST in computer science program

Authors Info & Claims
Published:01 February 1976Publication History
Skip Abstract Section

Abstract

The MST program at Illinois Institute of Technology evolved as a result of Computer Science emerging as a separate discipline at the secondary school level. The State of Illinois and the Chicago Board of Education have both been investigating certification for Computer Science teachers, but at present only two states, Wisconsin and Minnesota, have certification programs for teachers of Computer Science. In the not too far distant future there will be certification programs in many states and the IIT MST program in Computer Science is designed to meet those requirements.

It is important to realize before discussing the program itself that the MST program is not designed to teach people how to teach. Before entering the program, a teacher must have at least three years of superior teaching experience as well as recommendations from his principal attesting to his quality as a teacher. Of the 32 semester hours required for the MST degree, a maximum of 12 semester hours are in Computer Pedagogy, with the norm being nine. In addition, students in the program study on a part-time basis to encourage use of the principles studied at IIT in their own classrooms.

References

  1. 1 R. Dewar, R. Hochsprung, and W. Worley, "The IITRAN Programming Language". Communications of the ACM, 12, 10:569-575, 1969. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library
  2. 2 D. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 3. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1973. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library
  3. 3 D. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 1. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1968. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library

Index Terms

  1. The IIT MST in computer science program

      Recommendations

      Comments

      Login options

      Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

      Sign in

      Full Access

      • Published in

        cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
        ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 8, Issue 1
        Proceedings of the SIGCSE-SIGCUE joint symposium on Computer science education
        February 1976
        399 pages
        ISSN:0097-8418
        DOI:10.1145/952989
        Issue’s Table of Contents
        • cover image ACM Conferences
          SIGCSE '76: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE-SIGCUE technical symposium on Computer science and education
          February 1976
          403 pages
          ISBN:9781450374125
          DOI:10.1145/800107

        Copyright © 1976 ACM

        Publisher

        Association for Computing Machinery

        New York, NY, United States

        Publication History

        • Published: 1 February 1976

        Check for updates

        Qualifiers

        • article

      PDF Format

      View or Download as a PDF file.

      PDF

      eReader

      View online with eReader.

      eReader
      About Cookies On This Site

      We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.

      Learn more

      Got it!