A checklist for integrating student empirical studies with research and teaching goals

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-59

  Carver, Jeffrey C ^a   Jaccheri, Letizia ^b   Morasca, Sandro ^c   Shull, Forrest ^d  

^a Department of Computer Science   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d Fraunhofer USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical studies; Software engineering education

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GAIN INSIGHT; UNIVERSITY COURSE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 76749115228     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: 15737616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10664-009-9109-9     Document Type: Article

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