The Design and Evaluation of Class Exercises as Active Learning Tools in Software Verification and Validation

Autor/inn/en	Wu, Peter Y.; Manohar, Priyadarshan A.; Acharya, Sushil
Titel	The Design and Evaluation of Class Exercises as Active Learning Tools in Software Verification and Validation
Quelle	In: Information Systems Education Journal, 14 (2016) 4, S.4-12 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1545-679X
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Active Learning; Computer Software; Computer Science Education; Programming; Undergraduate Students; Class Activities; Enrichment Activities; Case Studies; Course Evaluation; Course Organization; Curriculum Design; Pretesting + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Aktives Lernen; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Programmierung; Bereicherungsprogramm; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Course organisation; Kurskonzept; Lehrplangestaltung; Vortest
Abstract	It is well known that interesting questions can stimulate thinking and invite participation. Class exercises are designed to make use of questions to engage students in active learning. In a project toward building a community skilled in software verification and validation (SV&V), we critically review and further develop course materials in the software engineering curriculum for an undergraduate course in SV&V. The project involves the joint effort with many other academic institutions and industry partners. There are four topic areas of Software Engineering in our focus: Requirements Engineering, Software Review, Configuration Management, and Testing. We see class exercises as active learning tools for the students in our flipped classroom approach. We present our design of the class exercise: in its generic components envisioning how it may be used in general, but also its use in selected examples to illustrate these components. The class exercise design includes the learning objectives to indicate how the course design meets the learning outcome objectives for ABET accreditation. We further applied a classification of the learning objectives to present the case of the class exercises as active learning tools. Our initial implementation is ready and we are in the process of implementation with partner institutions for feedback and review. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01