Computer organization teaching: a create your own workbook approach

An approach to teaching computer architecture and organization is illustrated, where students are made aware of their college computing environment at an early stage of the course. Students are required to create a workbook of their own, which forms a solid basis to understanding of their own environment. This approach reduces cultural difficulties, usually observed in students with nontraditional background, and in students who are more prone to hands-on learning, or technology learning.