Applying Test-driven Development in Evaluating Student Projects.

Autor/Urheber	Tran, Cuong Hug; Truscan, Dragos; Ahmad, Tanwir
Titel	Applying Test-driven Development in Evaluating Student Projects.
Quelle	Aus: ECSEL/737494; 6th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'20); Sixth International Conference on Higher Education Advances; Junio 02-05,2020; València, Spain; 9788490488119; doi:10.4995/HEAd20.2020.11218. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València (2020) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Sammelwerksbeitrag
DOI	10.4995/HEAd20.2020.11218
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Educational systems; Teaching; Test-driven development; GitHub Classroom; Automated testing; Self-evaluation
Abstract	Grading software projects submitted by students can become a heavy and time-consuming task, which for many students, can result in delayed feedback provided to them. Additionally, one would like to allow students to evaluate themselves early their projects before submitting the final version for grading. This paper presents a solution that improves the grading process of student projects not only for lecturers, but also for students. In our approach, we adopt a test-driven development methodology to provide a clear benchmark of the course project implementation. Our approach allows students to self-evaluate their progress at any moment, while lecturers can use it to automate the grading process. GitHub Classroom is used as a supporting tool to allow students to retrieve and implement their projects from the same initial skeleton project including the tests, and lecturers to retrieve the student projects and evaluate them automatically. The results show that test-driven development is a viable solution to be applied in an academic environment to improve the grading process. This study also shows that courses in Information Technology area could use our approach to increase learning and teaching efficiency. ; This work has received partial funding from the Electronic Component Systems for European Leadership Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No 737494. This Joint Undertaking receives support from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and Sweden, France, Spain, Italy, Finland, the Czech Republic. ; Tran, CH.; Truscan, D.; Ahmad, T. (2020). Applying Test-driven Development in Evaluating Student Projects. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd20.2020.11218 ; OCS ; 1155 ; 30-05-2020
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