Software testing education through a collaborative virtual approach

Pech, Juan Pablo Ucan; Vera, Raúl A. Aguilar; Gómez, Omar S.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69341-5_21

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“…Several newer projects were based on collaborative learning tools. For example, Pech et al [48] suggested the collaboration tool for supplementary training and practices in the software testing area. Similarly, in the research published by Fu and Clarke [72], authors suggested a cyberlearning environment that could be used in parallel with traditional software testing lessons.…”

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Learning environments in software testing education: An overview

Živković

Draskovic

Nikolić

2023

Comp Applic In Engineering

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Nowadays, we heavily depend on software, as we utilize it daily. Bugs in the software can cause significant damage, loss of private data and money, and even loss of human lives. Software testing and quality assurance discipline, which belongs to the software engineering domain, aims to ensure that the software is good enough before its release to the market. Therefore, it is vital to ensure that software engineers are highly trained in this domain. Unfortunately, this discipline is frequently neglected throughout software engineering courses. Students are mostly taught just the theoretical principles of software testing and gain little practical experience. Additionally, the software testing lectures are considered to be dull, especially if they are not followed by practical tasks where the students could apply learned techniques and gain hands‐on experience. Several tools, games, and collaborative learning environments have been proposed to make the lectures more interesting and increase student engagement. The main goal of this article is to provide a systematic survey of such environments, where each environment was evaluated in terms of major software testing topics covered and the approach used to engage the students.

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Learning environments in software testing education: An overview

Živković

Draskovic

Nikolić

2023

Comp Applic In Engineering

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“…ST is the key technique for quality assurance and play's a main role in SDLC. ST is a discipline that represents the knowledge of test arranging, test planning, test condition arrangement, test execution, and maintenance/debugging [2,3]. The ST demand has increased because of better software quality demands in the industry [1].…”

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Software Testing Education: A Systematic Literature Review

Farooq,

Tehseen,

Omer

et al. 2021

VFAST trans. softw. eng.

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Software Testing is the core part of computer science & engineering curriculum. It has been observed that software testing has been taught much in Computer science & engineering disciplines at undergraduate level. Software Testing Education (STE) involves time, cost, risk, quality, integration, communication, human resource, and procurement management skills. The STE at undergraduate and graduate level is a challenging task because it also requires knowledge and experience. This article aims to investigate and synthesize the state-of-the-art research in STE for the improvement of STE curriculum, pedagogical tools and techniques, cognitive, empirical and assessments methods. STE research approaches has been categorized into five categories including empirical type, research approaches, software testing education processes, key areas, and curricula. The ninety-seven articles for the area of STE have been chosen after rigorous systematic screening process published in during 2004 to 2021. Furthermore, tools and techniques, testing processes, pedagogy and student performance are the frequently addressed in STE; whereas assessment methods, gamification, curriculum and exemplary program development appeared as mostly ignored areas. Lastly, research gaps and challenges relate to STE has been presented as future directions for the faculty, software industry, and researchers.

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