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Training cadets at higher military educational institutions to solve military applied computational problems using customized software

https://doi.org/10.32517/0234-0453-2022-37-4-64-70

Abstract

The article considers the relevant issue of teaching military university cadets to solve military applied computational problems using customized software. Though utilizing software has several advantages over traditional teaching methods, educational practice shows there are a few problems concerning its effective operation in the educational process. For example, many higher education teachers experience difficulty using it in their professional activity. Accordingly, the research aims to study the organization of cadet training which would contribute to the development of practical skills of utilizing customized software to solve military applied computational problems.
The article focuses on the process of teaching cadets at higher military educational institutions to solve computational problems using customized software. Based on the integration of the classical approach and the approach relying on using software tools to solve mathematical problems, we identified and revealed seven stages of the latter. These include: a problem statement; mathematical formalization; designing an algorithm to solve the problem; implementing the solution to the problem with the aid of customized software; debugging and testing the program; performing calculations, analyzing and verifying the results; generalizing the problem. The article provides an example of solving the computational problem of the ballistic design of a small arms cartridge given to cadets of higher military educational institutions. The case study illustrates the execution of the specified stages in the sequence mentioned above. As a result, it became possible to examine the use of customized software in teaching cadets at military universities to solve military applied computational problems.

About the Authors

E. V. Guseva
Branch of the Military Educational Institution of Logistics named after General of the Army A. V. Кhrulyov (Penza)
Russian Federation

Ekaterina V. Guseva, Candidate of Sciences (Education), Associate Professor at the Department

Penza



M. A. Rodionov
Penza State University
Russian Federation

Mikhail A. Rodionov, Doctor of Sciences (Education), Profes- sor, Head of the Department “Informatics and Methods of Teaching Informatics and Mathematics”, Pedagogical Institute named after V. G. Belinsky

Penza



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Guseva E.V., Rodionov M.A. Training cadets at higher military educational institutions to solve military applied computational problems using customized software. Informatics and education. 2022;37(4):64-70. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32517/0234-0453-2022-37-4-64-70

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