Teaching software engineering by means of computer-game development: Challenges and opportunities

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dc.contributor.authorÇAĞILTAY, Nergiz
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-10T13:35:30Z
dc.date.available2022-08-10T13:35:30Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractSoftware-engineering education programs are intended to prepare students for a field that involves rapidly changing conditions and expectations. Thus, there is always a danger that the skills and the knowledge provided may soon become obsolete. This paper describes results and draws on experiences from the imple mentation of a computer game-development course whose design addresses problems in software-engineering education by improving students’ abilities in four areas: (1) problem solving; (2) the application of previously learned knowledge; (3) the use of independent learning; and (4) learning by doing. In order to better understand this course’s effect on students’ performance in a software-development project, I investigated 125 students’ performance in a 1-year senior-project course. Results of this study show that the students who had taken the computer game-development course became more successful in the senior-project course than the students who had not taken it.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11905/1567
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBritish Journal of Educational Technology
dc.subjectsoftware
dc.titleTeaching software engineering by means of computer-game development: Challenges and opportunities
dc.typeArticle
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