Development and Evaluation on the Efficiency of the Program Showing the Steps of the Data Sorting Methods.

Abstract

             The objectives of this research were 1) to develop a program showing the steps of the data sorting methods and 2) to study the users' satisfaction when using the program showing the steps of the data sorting methods. The sample users were 5 instructors teaching basic computer programming and design and analysis courses and 30 students registering in the course code 4122512, the design and analysis course in the second semester of the 2018 academic year. They were selected by purposive sampling. The research instruments were a program showing the steps of the data sorting methods and an evaluation form for the users’ satisfaction based on Likert's methods. Five computer experts evaluated the system quality developed by using computer language programs: PHP, HTML, and JavaScript. The web browser program used Google chrome. The web server used Apache. The statistical instruments were mean and standard deviation.

           The research findings were found as follows.

1.  The program showed the steps of the data sorting methods working in web applications and could work on the internet. The program could encourage learners to develop more practical skills. The efficiency of the systems was at a good level.
2.  The findings of the evaluation of the users’ satisfaction towards the program showing the steps of the data sorting methods indicated that in the overall, the users’ satisfaction was at a high level.