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Experimentation Package for Evaluation of Problems Applied to the Software Project Subject Using PBL

Authors:
Jacson Rodrigues Barbosa
Fabrizzio Alphonsus Alves de Melo Nunes Soares
Auri Marcelo Rizzo Vincenzi

Keywords: Message-oriented middleware; software project teaching; problem-based learning

Abstract:
This paper presents an experimentation package that compares the traditional and problem- based learning (PBL) approaches in the Software Project academic subject. The package was applied in a controlled experiment in a Computer Science class of a higher education institution, having message- oriented middleware as a case study. The case study enabled us to validate the experimentation package and to collect initial data to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of PBL against traditional learning. Even though the statistical analysis failed to show di erences between the two approaches in view of the data collected, students' answers to a questionnaire enable us to verify how PBL may be used to increase their motivation and interest in the subject.

Pages: 486 to 492

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: November 18, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-230-1

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 18, 2012 to November 23, 2012