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Experimental Evaluation of a Serious Game for Teaching Software Process Modeling
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Chaves, Rafael Oliveira; von Wangenheim, Christiane Gresse; Furtado, Julio Cezar Costa; Oliveira, Sandro Ronaldo Bezerra; Santos, Alex; Favero, Eloi Luiz – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2015
Software process modeling (SPM) is an important area of software engineering because it provides a basis for managing, automating, and supporting software process improvement (SPI). Teaching SPM is a challenging task, mainly because it lays great emphasis on theory and offers few practical exercises. Furthermore, as yet few teaching approaches…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Science Education, Student Projects, Teaching Methods
An Approach to Average Modeling and Simulation of Switch-Mode Systems
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Abramovitz, A. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
This paper suggests a pedagogical approach to teaching the subject of average modeling of PWM switch-mode power electronics systems through simulation by general-purpose electronic circuit simulators. The paper discusses the derivation of PSPICE/ORCAD-compatible average models of the switch-mode power stages, their software implementation, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Energy, Models, Electronics
Educational Experiences Detecting, Using, and Representing Ternary Relationships in Database Design
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Cuadra, D.; Maqueda, A. I.; Castro, E.; Fernandez, P. M. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2010
Conceptual models are applied as the first step in software design methodologies for collecting the semantics involved in the universe of discourse. Nevertheless, the abstraction process creates some misunderstandings for novice designers, such as difficulties in modeling some constructs and in understanding the semantics that they represent. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Database Design, Models, Computer Software
Effects of Response-Driven Feedback in Computer Science Learning
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Fernandez Aleman, J. L.; Palmer-Brown, D.; Jayne, C. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
This paper presents the results of a project on generating diagnostic feedback for guided learning in a first-year course on programming and a Master's course on software quality. An online multiple-choice questions (MCQs) system is integrated with neural network-based data analysis. Findings about how students use the system suggest that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Learning
Use of Student Experiments for Teaching Embedded Software Development Including HW/SW Co-Design
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Mitsui, H.; Kambe, H.; Koizumi, H. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
Embedded systems have been applied widely, not only to consumer products and industrial machines, but also to new applications such as ubiquitous or sensor networking. The increasing role of software (SW) in embedded system development has caused a great demand for embedded SW engineers, and university education for embedded SW engineering has…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Computer Software, Engineering Education, Computer Science
Teaching Behavioral Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Power Electronics Courses
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Abramovitz, A. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
This paper suggests a pedagogical approach to teaching the subject of behavioral modeling of switch-mode power electronics systems through simulation by general-purpose electronic circuit simulators. The methodology is oriented toward electrical engineering (EE) students at the undergraduate level, enrolled in courses such as "Power…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Electronics, Engineering