Title :
Overcoming Obstacles to Test-Driven Learning on Day One
Author :
Clements, John ; Janzen, David
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Cal Poly State Univ., San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
Abstract :
We describe the preliminary construction of a web-based tool for test-driven learning in the first weeks of programming. We discuss obstacles to test-driven learning - both pragmatic and ideological - and describe the ways that we believe our tool overcomes these obstacles.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; computer science education; program testing; Web-based tool; ideological learning; pragmatic learning; test-driven learning; Cognitive science; Computer science; Concrete; Educational programs; Humans; Performance evaluation; Process design; Programming profession; Software maintenance; Software testing; online-training; pedagogy; test-driven-development; test-driven-learning;
Conference_Titel :
Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops (ICSTW), 2010 Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6773-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSTW.2010.33
