Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gustavo Lopez, Universidad de Costa Rica; Alexandra Martinez, Universidad de Costa Rica

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

, wefound that students not only consider they learned a lot from the labs (where Microsoft toolswere used) but also deem the tools easy to use, relevant to the course (supported the learningof course concepts), and valuable for their professional career. On the other hand, based onthe teacher assessment, Microsoft tools provide support for the application of many differentconcepts studied along the course within an integrated environment, reducing the learningcurve for students, while offering the added value of an industrial-level tool.1. INTRODUCTIONSoftware testing is a critical activity in software engineering, accounting for 30% to 90% ofthe total labor expended in developing software15. Yet software testing remains an under-estimated

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanmay Bhowmik, Mississippi State University; Nan Niu, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

, the phrase‘current scenario’ in F6 could either mean a sudden change in the traffic condition aroundthe vehicle not yet detected by the FM traffic alert service, or a mechanical problem with thevehicle itself. Students need to be trained to identify and resolve such conflicts in an indepen-dent manner to be successful not only during their initial Software Engineering careers butalso throughout their professional lives. To that end, we designed this learning activity as anincremental, semester-long practice assignment.After clarifying different aspects of the application domain through a few initial meetingswith the clients, the students were given a lab assignment to create domain dictionaries12for the system. The students were divided into