Using software testing to move students from trial-and-error to reflection-in-action

Proceedings of the SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 26-30

  Edwards, Stephen H ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated grading; CS1; Extreme programming; Pedagogy; Test driven development

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CURRICULA; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; PROGRAM COMPILERS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

AUTOMATED GRADING; CS1; EXTREME PROGRAMMING; PEDAGOGY; TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 2642518969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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