We live in exceptional times in which the entire world is witnessing the exponential spread of a pandemic, which requires to adopt new habits of mind and behaviors. In this paper, I introduce the term exponential competence, which encompasses these cognitive and social skills, and describe a course for computer science and software engineering students in which emphasis is placed on exponential competence. I argue that exponential competence is especially important for computer science and software engineering students, since many of them will, most likely, be required to deal with exponential phenomena in their future professional development.
翻译:我们生活在一个全世界都目睹一种流行病迅速蔓延的特殊时期,这种流行病需要采用新的思维和行为习惯。 在本文中,我介绍指数能力这一术语,它包含这些认知和社会技能,并描述计算机科学和软件工程学生的课程,其中强调指数能力。 我认为指数能力对于计算机科学和软件工程学生特别重要,因为其中许多人最有可能需要在今后的专业发展中处理指数现象。