An experimental card game for teaching software engineering processes

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 3-16

  Baker, Alex ^a   Navarro, Emily Oh ^a   Van Der Hoek, André ^a  

^a Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational games; Simulation games; Software engineering education; Software engineering simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAME THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TEACHING;

EDUCATIONAL GAMES; SIMULATION GAMES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SIMULATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 9544247727     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2004.02.033     Document Type: Article

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