CASE tool learnability in a software engineering course

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-193

  Boloix, Germinal ^a,b   Robillard, Pierre N ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CASE tool functionality; CASE tool learnability; Laboratory sessions; Software engineering course

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

SOFTWARE TOOL LEARNABILITY;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032137010     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/13.704544     Document Type: Article

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