INTRODUCTION OF A CASE TOOL TO TEACH STRUCTURED ANALYSIS

We describe the introduction of a Computer-aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool at first, second and graduate diploma level in a Systems A nalysis and Design unit, to support the teaching of the structured ana lysis methodology. CASE tools are widely used in industry, therefore s tudent exposure to these tools is needed in university computing curri cula as long as student learning is not adversely affected by the use of such tools. This paper presents results of an empirical study to de termine whether there were any significant differences in the results obtained for different groups of students that used the tool, but also to determine any differences between males and females within each gr oup, given that in all groups there were more males than females enrol led in the unit. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd