Bloom's taxonomy: A framework for assessing programmers' knowledge of software systems

Proceedings - IEEE Workshop on Program Comprehension

Volumn 2003-May, Issue , 2003, Pages 165-174

  Buckley, J ^a   Exton, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOMS (METAL); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; MAINTENANCE; TAXONOMIES;

BLOOM'S TAXONOMY; COGNITIVE DOMAIN; COMPUTER SCIENTISTS; KNOWLEDGE LEVEL; PILOT STUDIES; SOFTWARE COMPREHENSION; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE-MAINTENANCE TASKS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 84978958403     PISSN: 10928138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WPC.2003.1199200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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