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Studio .NET C++ GUI library and then proceeded to learn. objectoriented programming in that context. Given that. todays interfaces consume 48% of the code ...

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Work in Progress: A Quantitative Study of GUI versus Textbased ObjectOriented Instruction Page 1Session M4E 1424402573/06/$20.00 2006 IEEEOctober 28 31 2006 San Diego CA36thASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference M4E14Work in Progress: A Quantitative Study of GUI versus Textbased ObjectOriented Instruction Per Andersen Susan Mengel and Ian ScottFleming Texas Tech University Department of Computer ScienceLubbock TX 79409 per.andersen@ttu.eduAbstract Introductory objectoriented programming isconsidered difficult to teach and a number of different methodologies have been proposed such as using graphical user interfaces (GUIs). The GUI methodology as reported in the literature is mostly evaluated using aqualitative assessment through the use of student feedback. In contrast this paper reports on a quantitative study for this methodology so as to provide a morecomplete evaluation of this teaching approach. The research question for this study is as follows. Is there any difference in learning outcomes between the control group and the test group? Quantitative data was collected fromthe final exams of each group. The same five multiple choice questions and one open question were placed on thefinal exam for each group and the results of the exam questions were statistically analyzed and compared. The results show that there was no negative result using GUIs as a basis for teaching object oriented programming. Index Terms Quantitative Study Object OrientedProgramming INTRODUCTIONIntroductory objectoriented programming is considereddifficult to teach. For example students new to programming are faced with the task of absorbing and processing new skillslearned in CS1 that are typically imperative and then in CS2the students are required to learn a second programming paradigm objectoriented programming. The objectfirststrategy 1] has been proposed as one approach that would avoid this transition from ...

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