Conference paper 2020

Experience Report on Key Success Factors for Promoting Students' Engagement in Software Development Group Projects

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Schorr, Ruth
EDUNINE 2020 - 4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference: The Challenges of Education in Engineering, Computing and Technology without Exclusions: Innovation in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Proceedings
Conference · Art. 9149536
Abstract

To teach a software development group project course can be a challenging task. Several large-scale surveys on students' engagement indicate that Computer Science rates lower than average in many of the major benchmarks. This paper presents a framework that consist of a variety of factors for setting up software development project courses for Computer Science bachelor students at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences in their final year. Groups of 3 to 6 students have to develop an executable system for an existing realistic problem by going through all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The paper presents the advantages and disadvantages as well as the dependencies between the various factors. Special emphasis is paid on the impact of these factors on students' work and learning motivation. The paper is concluded with a short review of the proposed teaching strategy and the results received. © 2020 IEEE.

Keywords

Author Keywords

Project-Based Learning Student engagement Collaboration Student motivation Computer Science education

Index Keywords

Teaching Curricula Engineering education Students Software design Computer software Learning motivation Life cycle University of applied science Key success factors Executable systems Large scale surveys Software development life cycle Software development projects Students' engagements
Author Affiliations
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
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No funding information
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