Test-driven learning in early programming courses

SIGCSE'08 - Proceedings of the 39th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 532-536

  Janzen, David S ^a   Saiedian, Hossein ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

CS1; Pedagogy; Test driven development; Test driven learning

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COMPUTERS; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE TESTING; TEACHING; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CS1; PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES; PEDAGOGY; PROGRAMMER PRODUCTIVITIES; PROGRAMMING COURSES; PROGRAMMING GROUPS; STUDENT TESTING;

TESTING;

EID: 57449085524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1352135.1352315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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