Method for evaluating the effectiveness of a C programming teaching tool

• Main Authors: Suliman, Azizah, Nazeri, Surizal
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: QA76 Computer software
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/11980/1/PID101.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/11980/; http://www.icoci.cms.net.my/proceedings/2013/TOC.html
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Programming has always been one of the subjects that are associated with high failure rates.The shortage of programmers is often cited by IT related industries as major problem in hindering growth.Improvisations are often done to teaching methods and tools to capture interest in programming.The method we introduce is to teach programming on an embedded kit.This paper describes the methodology used in evaluating the effectiveness of an embedded system teaching tool for C programming.An illustration of the testing process and evaluation method used are detailed.The results of the evaluation are also given