Work in progress - ‘Real World Problems’ as assessment of software engineering

Author

Frezza, Stephen T.

Author_Institution

Gannon Univ., Erie

fYear

2007

fDate

10-13 Oct. 2007

Abstract

This project evaluated the effectiveness of using certification-like real-world problems for regular assessment of student performance in a software engineering content course. The approach utilized the Turning Pointtrade personal response system as a means to present "Real World" software engineering problems and anonymously assess student learning. The preliminary results indicated that the method was not useful for assessment, but may have promise for stimulating discussion and student learning.

Keywords

educational courses; engineering education; software engineering; work in progress; Turning Point personal response system; software engineering content course; student learning; work in progress; Embedded computing; Embedded software; Feedback; Information science; Programming; Software engineering; Statistics; Systems engineering and theory; Systems engineering education; Turning; Personal Response System (PRS); Requirements Engineering; Software Engineering Education;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers In Education Conference - Global Engineering: Knowledge Without Borders, Opportunities Without Passports, 2007. FIE '07. 37th Annual

Conference_Location

Milwaukee, WI

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1083-5

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2007.4417879

Filename

4417879