Teaching Software Testing On-line

在线教学软件测试

• 批准号: 0127225
• 负责人: Stephen Edwards
• 金额: $ 7.49万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-15 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0127225&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Teaching; Software; Testing; line

Software Engineering (34)Defective, or "bug-riddled," software is a serious problem in the software industry, costing U.S. companies as much as $100 billion last year. Software testing is a critical tool for addressing this issue, but unfortunately, it is viewed as boring and uncreative by practitioners and receives little formal treatment in undergraduate programs. The objective of this project is to develop a series of on-line education modules covering software testing that will be integrated at several levels across the undergraduate computer science curriculum.Module content will allow the instructor to adjust the coverage assigned to students, and assign module content in parallel with ongoing class programming assignments. The result will be an array of services with an easy-to-use web interface, allowing students to use the tool in many different classes, allowing instructors to incorporate tool-based testing in their own assignments, and supporting use by students and educators at multiple institutions. As an integral part of the project, summer research interns from Virginia Tech's Minority Academic Opportunities Program will participate in both research and educational aspects of the proposed work.

软件工程（34）有缺陷的，或者“漏洞百出”的软件是软件业的一个严重问题，去年给美国公司造成的损失高达1000亿美元。软件测试是解决这个问题的关键工具，但不幸的是，它被实践者视为无聊和缺乏创造性，并且在本科课程中很少得到正式的治疗。该项目的目标是开发一系列涵盖软件测试的在线教育模块，这些模块将集成到本科计算机科学课程的几个层次上。模块内容将允许教师调整分配给学生的范围，并将模块内容与正在进行的课堂编程作业并行分配。结果将是一系列具有易于使用的网络界面的服务，允许学生在许多不同的课程中使用该工具，允许教师将基于工具的测试纳入自己的作业中，并支持多个机构的学生和教育工作者使用。作为项目的一个组成部分，来自弗吉尼亚理工大学少数族裔学术机会项目的暑期研究实习生将参与拟议工作的研究和教育方面的工作。