Visualization of microprocessor execution in computer architecture courses: a case study at Kabul University

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dc.contributor.advisorNyongesa, H.O.
dc.contributor.authorHedayati, Mohammad Hadi
dc.contributor.otherDept. of Computer Science
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Science
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-13T06:58:02Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-30T14:00:45Z
dc.date.available2013/03/04 12:48
dc.date.available2013/03/04
dc.date.available2013-06-13T06:58:02Z
dc.date.available2024-10-30T14:00:45Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionMagister Scientiae - MScen_US
dc.description.abstractComputer architecture and assembly language programming microprocessor execution are basic courses taught in every computer science department. Generally, however, students have difficulties in mastering many of the concepts in the courses, particularly students whose first language is not English. In addition to their difficulties in understanding the purpose of given instructions, students struggle to mentally visualize the data movement, control and processing operations. To address this problem, this research proposed a graphical visualization approach and investigated the visual illustrations of such concepts and instruction execution by implementing a graphical visualization simulator as a teaching aid. The graphical simulator developed during the course of this research was applied in a computer architecture course at Kabul University, Afghanistan. Results obtained from student evaluation of the simulator show significant levels of success using the visual simulation teaching aid. The results showed that improved learning was achieved, suggesting that this approach could be useful in other computer science departments in Afghanistan, and elsewhere where similar challenges are experienced.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/16947
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectComputer architectureen_US
dc.subjectAssembly language programmingen_US
dc.subjectMicroprocessor operationsen_US
dc.subjectHuman computer interfaceen_US
dc.titleVisualization of microprocessor execution in computer architecture courses: a case study at Kabul Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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