Work in progress - motivating students for software engineering

Author

Lincke, Susan J.

Author_Institution

Wisconsin Univ. Parkside, Kenosha, WI

fYear

2005

fDate

19-22 Oct. 2005

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In basic Computer Science courses, students learn to program small programs with pre-defined programming structures, by themselves. Since software engineering courses teach students to schedule, design, code, and test larger projects in groups, a paradigm shift is required in order for the students to even understand the need for such topics as UML and project management. This paper discusses how to mentally prepare students for such a change, by establishing values, and using reflection, integrity, and process improvement

Keywords

computer science education; software engineering; teaching; Computer Science courses; UML; group works; process improvement; project management; software engineering; student mental preparation; student motivation; Communication industry; Computer science; Documentation; Educational programs; Job shop scheduling; Processor scheduling; Programming profession; Project management; Software engineering; Unified modeling language; Software engineering education; computer science; project management; service-learning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference

Conference_Location

Indianopolis, IN

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9077-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2005.1611953

Filename

1611953