Students Asking Questions: Facilitating Questioning Aids Understanding and Enhances Software Engineering Skills

Barnes, David J. (1997) Students Asking Questions: Facilitating Questioning Aids Understanding and Enhances Software Engineering Skills. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 29 (4). pp. 38-41. ISSN 0097-8418 .

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Abstract

By providing a means to ask questions anonymously, we provide a non-threatening environment in which we encourage students to fully understand and criticise their assignments. As well as providing practical assistance for those who are struggling with course work, it demonstrates a practical reinforcement of ideas that are commonly taught in courses on software engineering, but it does so in a context that they can directly relate to - their desire to achieve good grades. The approach is based around the use of an HTML form to enable the anonymous submission of questions to staff and the dynamic refinement of assignment specifications. Examples of its use in a course on object-oriented design and C++ are given.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled keywords:	anonymous software engineering skills asking questions learning
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming,
Divisions:	Faculties > Science Technology and Medical Studies > School of Computing > Computing Education Group
Depositing User:	Mark Wheadon
Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2009 21:36
Last Modified:	04 May 2012 14:49
Resource URI:	http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/21424 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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