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Figure 2. Student ranking of JBuilder
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Helpfulness
The average rating of the text on the same seven-point scale was 4.59
±
1.57, and the
overall helpfulness of the course Web site was 6.02 ±
0.98. Distributions are shown in Figures
3 and 4, respectively.
Course Content
The average difficulty of the course was rated on a seven-point scale as 4.79 ± 1.14,
where
one
represents
not challenging
, and
seven
represents
very demanding
. Figure 5
contrasts the difficulty ratings to those for the prior programming course taught in VB. The
average difficulty rating for the VB course was 4.69 ± 1.15. The mean difference between the
two groups is not significant.
Figure 3. Student ranking of the textbook
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Helpfulness
