Creation of web based tutor to enhance student learning of normalization

Relational database is an important subject area in computer science curriculum. Data normalization is one of the topics which is invariably found in database courses offered in different universities. To-date teaching-learning experience indicates that students And it difficult to understand the concepts of normal forms to obtain smaller well-structured relations. Very few commercial design tools are available to assist students in learning Normalization. Consequence is a big challenge for educators, in both, teaching as well as motivating students in learning Data base Design. This paper presents the design of an web based tutor to assist learning normalization, by resolving different issues in teaching database design. To reveal the effectiveness and positive impact of the tutor on student´s perception, the paper is supported by the result of a survey made for assessing the performance of students on the tutor.