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Teaching software modeling in computing curricula

Authors:

Jürgen Börstler,

Ludwik Kuzniarz,

William B. Sanders,

Michal SmialekAuthors Info & Claims

ITiCSE-WGR '12: Proceedings of the final reports on Innovation and technology in computer science education 2012 working groups

Pages 39 - 50

https://doi.org/10.1145/2426636.2426640

Published: 03 July 2012 Publication History

Abstract

Modeling is a key skill in software development. The ability to develop, manipulate and understand models for software is therefore an important learning objective in many CS/SE courses. In this working group, we investigated how and when (software) modeling is taught to help us better understand the key issues in teaching (software) modeling. Several shortcomings were found in common curricula, both in their understanding of the term \modeling" and in how they address its teaching. This WG report summarizes the findings and formulates recommendations on the inclusion of software modeling courses in future CS/SE curricula.

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Teaching software modeling in computing curricula
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information science education
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software

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DOI:10.1145/2426636

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