| Survey Questions and Results |
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| Questions |
Rating Scale
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Average
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Deviation
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0
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1. |
The adventure game was interesting to write. |
1
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1
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0
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11
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27
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36
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4.24
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0.95
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| 2. |
The adventure game was fun to write. |
3
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3
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5
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17
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27
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21
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3.64
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1.28
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| 3. |
The adventure game was technically difficult to write. |
6
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12
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10
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19
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21
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8
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2.80
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1.47
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| 4. |
Writing the adventure game helped me to further understand the course material. |
4
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6
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7
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20
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22
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17
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3.33
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1.41
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| 5. |
The adventure game served as a capstone where I was called on to use my knowledge of many of the subjects covered
in the course. |
1
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3
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4
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18
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30
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20
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3.75
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1.11
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| 6. |
Overall opinion of using adventure games as the subject of a programming assignment. |
4
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2
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5
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12
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24
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29
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3.80
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1.37
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| Rating scale information: |
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0 - Strongly disagree |
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1 - Disagree |
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2 - Slightly disagree |
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3 - Slightly agree |
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4 - Agree |
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5 - Strongly agree |
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| Written Response Survey Questions: |
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How does the adventure game compare to other programming assignments that you've had?
Sample Responses:
- "It was more interesting since there was a wide variety of ways it could be written; it wasn't required
that it be implemented in any particular way. I liked that."
- "It wasn't as hard as some, but much longer and harder to debug. It was fun, very time consuming."
- "Much more lengthy, and you must have a good grasp of all the concepts covered in class. (Unfortunately,
I didn't.)"
- "It covered more in a single program than most. It also showed how many trade offs there are in programming.
I believe it was an excellent program to write - but more time was needed to clean up and improve the code."
- "Crazy assignment"
- "It was interesting so you WANTED to do it."
- "It had an outcome that would make one move to get it done to play with it."
- "Very long!"
- "Very, very difficult. But once one knows the secret of handling rooms, it turns to be only very difficult."
- "It gave me a greater sense of accomplishment since it actually did something."
- "It allows much more creative thinking than the other program assignments."
- "It was something that challenged me."
- "Assignment wise, it was the most 'useful' program I have written, and best demonstrates my ability to
solve a problem and to write code."
- "It was definitely more design oriented than other projects."
- "Longest, hardest, most interesting."
- "Very tedious, time consuming."
- "Understand a lot of minor things high-level languages tend to 'neglect' or 'assume.' It made understanding
how 'C' does things easier (pointers and such)."
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Please give any additional comments that you might have regarding the adventure game assignment.
Sample Responses:
- "I wish now I had more time to make it better."
- "The program was not too difficult but it was complex due to the size. You had to keep track of many things."
- "It was enjoyable to write the room descriptions. It was hard in logic, but fun once I figured it out."
- "The idea of doing an adventure as an assignment is a good one. Such programs are fairly large, and makes
the programmer make a lot of real-world programming decisions."
- "Just fun!"
- "Great to promote, encourage creativity."
- "Very worthwhile, and will be a program which I will include in my portfolio of programs - the first written
for a class."
- "In some ways complex, but made for a good learning experience."
- "The student needs more of these type programs to enhance their creativity. It lets them show their own
style."
- "Keep assigning them."
- "Use pictures."
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