Title :
An analysis of the gap between the knowledge and skills learned in academic software engineering course projects and those required in real: projects
Author :
Ludi, Stephanie ; Collofello, James
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes how the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, (SWEBOK) can be used as a guide to assess and improve software engineering courses. A case study is presented in which the guide is applied to a typical undergraduate software engineering course. The lessons learned are presented which the authors believe are generalizable to comparable courses taught at many academic institutions. A novel approach involving largescale software project simulation is also presented a way to overcome some of the course deficiencies identified by the guide
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; software engineering; teaching; SWEBOK; Software Engineering Body of Knowledge; academic institutions; case study; knowledge learning; large-scale software project simulation; skills learning; undergraduate software engineering courses; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Computational modeling; Computer science; Computer science education; Knowledge engineering; Professional societies; Software engineering; Software quality; Taxonomy;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual
Conference_Location :
Reno, NV
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6669-7
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2001.963881
