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Cognitive and social aspects of software engineering: a course framework

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ITiCSE '03: Proceedings of the 8th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education

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This article focuses on teaching and learning human aspects of Software Engineering (SE). Based on several classes that the author taught on the subject, the article describes a framework for a course that deals with cognitive and social aspects of SE. In these classes students worked in teams, and the lessons consisted of lectures, activities, class discussions, and student presentations. The activities which students worked on aimed to address two of the human aspects of SE: the cognitive aspect and the social aspect. Each of these aspects was discussed on the individual level and on the team level. The paper describes selected activities taken from these classes.

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ITiCSE '03: Proceedings of the 8th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education

June 2003

291 pages

ISBN:1581136722

DOI:10.1145/961511

Conference Chairs:
Vassilios Dagdilelis
University of Macedonia, Greece
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University of Macedonia, Greece
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 35, Issue 3
Proceedings of the 8th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
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ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/961290
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