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Title:
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A WEB-BASED VISUAL COMPUTER SIMULATOR ANDITS EVALUATION THROUGH A REAL EDUCATION |
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Author(s):
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Yoshiro Imai , Yukio Hori , Keiichi Kaneko , Masaki Nakagawa |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-44-7 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías , Miguel Baptista Nunes and João Barroso (associate editors Luís Rodrigues and Patrícia Barbosa) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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V II, 2 |
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Keywords:
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Computer simulator, Web-based educational tool, GUI, Visualization, Built-in e-mail function, Communication support,
t-test, statistical significance |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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18 |
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Last Page:
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23 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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A visual computer simulator has been designed and developed to help learners to understand computer literacy and
practical education. It is used in real lectures and exercises of computer architecture. Our simulator is written in Java and
works as an applet as well as a stand-alone application. Its graphical user interface (GUI) provides visual simulating
function in the register-transfer level and assists beginners of computer science to comprehend how computer works. The
GUI also invokes communicating function and supports asynchronous information sharing between learners and
instructors. This paper describes details of its overview and reports a statistical evaluation from its users (learners). The
result of its application to a real computer education has confirmed that a communication function of our simulator is
statistically significant by means of a t-test. |
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