Improving Student Performance by Evaluating How Well Students Test Their Own Programs

ACM Journal on Educational Resources in Computing

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1-

  Edwards, Stephen H ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

agile methods; extreme programming; Measurement; teaching software testing; test driven development; test first coding

Indexed keywords

AGILE METHODS; EXTREME PROGRAMMING; TEACHING SOFTWARE TESTING; TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT; TEST-FIRST CODING;

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; FEEDBACK;

STUDENTS;

EID: 21244466765     PISSN: 15314278     EISSN: 15314278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1029994.1029995     Document Type: Article

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