Responses to adaptive feedback for software testing

ITICSE 2014 - Proceedings of the 2014 Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 165-170

  Buffardi, Kevin ^a   Edwards, Stephen H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive feedback; Automated assessment; Behavioral change; Instructional technology; Operant conditioning; Punishment; Reinforcement; Test driven development (TDD)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GRADING; REINFORCEMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE TESTING;

ADAPTIVE FEEDBACK; AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY; OPERANT CONDITIONING; PUNISHMENT; TEST DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84904465180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2591708.2591756     Document Type: Conference Paper

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