Avaliação da Experiência de Uso do JFLAP como recurso pedagógico no ensino de Linguagens Formais

• Leonardo Gonçalves da Silva UNIPAMPA
• Bruna de Abreu Dias UNIPAMPA
• Alice Fonseca Finger UNIPAMPA
• Williamson Silva UNIPAMPA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbie.2023.234638

Abstract

Adopting educational software can facilitate learning, helping students understand the content taught. However, such tools are often not evaluated, which can result in a bad user experience. In this work, 26 students performed the UX evaluation of the JFLAP tool applied to the teaching of Formal Languages. The System Usability Scale questionnaire was used to collect qualitative data, and a Focus Group was used to collect quantitative data. The results showed that JFLAP scored below what would be considered good usability software, highlighting that it is not an intuitive tool, which causes discomfort in its use by students.

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