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Software Optimization for Improving Student Motivation in a Computer Architecture Course

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M. Anguita,

F. J. Fernandez-BaldomeroAuthors Info & Claims

IEEE Transactions on Education, Volume 50, Issue 4

Pages 373 - 378

https://doi.org/10.1109/TE.2007.906603

Published: 01 November 2007 Publication History

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This paper presents a learning activity designed to improve student motivation towards learning certain topics in computer architecture, particularly assembly-level machine organization. This activity applies a pedagogical method suitable for computer architecture courses. The method improves motivation by allowing students to verify by themselves, on real platforms, that they can apply their architecture knowledge to improve software performance and also by showing them the improvements achieved in complete applications. The activity is compared to other such activities based on different motivation and learning techniques.

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IEEE Transactions on Education Volume 50, Issue 4

November 2007

91 pages

ISSN:0018-9359

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Rigger MMarr SKell SLeopoldseder DMössenböck H(2018)An Analysis of x86-64 Inline Assembly in C ProgramsACM SIGPLAN Notices10.1145/3296975.318641853:3(84-99)Online publication date: 25-Mar-2018
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Rigger MMarr SKell SLeopoldseder DMössenböck H(2018)An Analysis of x86-64 Inline Assembly in C ProgramsProceedings of the 14th ACM SIGPLAN/SIGOPS International Conference on Virtual Execution Environments10.1145/3186411.3186418(84-99)Online publication date: 25-Mar-2018
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