http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.02242
Computational skills are required across all astronomy disciplines. Many students enter degree programs without sufficient skills to solve computational problems in their core classes or contribute immediately to research. We recommend advocacy for computational literacy, familiarity with fundamental software carpentry skills, and mastery of basic numerical methods by the completion of an undergraduate degree in Astronomy.
We recommend the AAS Education Task Force advocate for a significant increase in computational literacy.
We encourage the AAS to modestly fund efforts aimed at providing Open Education Resources (OER) that will significantly impact computational literacy in astronomy education.
M. Zingale, F. Timmes, R. Fisher, et. al.
Wed, 8 Jun 16
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Comments: white paper submitted to the AAS Education Taskforce call (this https URL)