Implications of integrating test-driven development into CS1/CS2 curricula

SIGCSE'09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 148-152

  Desai, Chetan ^a   Janzen, David S ^b   Clements, John ^b  

^a Intuit Inc   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cs1; Cs2; Test driven development; Test driven learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULA; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; COURSE MATERIAL; CS1; CS2; INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS; LEARNING APPROACH; TEST DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT; TEST-DRIVEN LEARNING; UNIT TESTING; UNIT TESTS; WORK LOADS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER TESTING; CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; STUDENTS; TESTING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 77953751127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1508865.1508921     Document Type: Conference Paper

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