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Learning Agile software development in high school: an investigation

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Marcello Missiroli,

Paolo CiancariniAuthors Info & Claims

ICSE '16: Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Software Engineering Companion

Pages 293 - 302

https://doi.org/10.1145/2889160.2889180

Published: 14 May 2016 Publication History

Abstract

Context: Empirical investigations regarding using Agile programming methodologies in high schools are scarce in the literature.

Objective: This paper evaluates (i) the performance, (ii) the code quality, and (iii) the satisfaction of both students and teachers in using Agile practices in education.

Method: this study includes an experiment, administered in a laboratory controlled setting to measure students' performances and a case study to value the code quality improvements. Questionnaires were also used to evaluate qualitative aspects of Agile practices.

Results: groups of students with mixed skills performed significantly better than groups with the same skill level. Moreover, there was also a general increase in code quality along with satisfaction.

Conclusions: Agile methodologies are useful in the High School education of young software developers.

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Index Terms

Learning Agile software development in high school: an investigation
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Software engineering education
      2. K-12 education
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development techniques
      1. Object oriented development

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