[en] Testing is a critical aspect of software development. Far too often software
is released with critical faults. However, testing is often considered tedious
and boring. Unfortunately, many graduates might join the work force
without having had any education in software testing, which exacerbates
the problem even further. Therefore, teaching software testing as part of
a university degree in software engineering and is very important. But it
is an open challenge how to teach software testing in an effective way that
can successfully motivate students. In this paper, we have carried out
a systematic literature review on the topic of teaching software testing.
We analysed and reviewed 30 papers that were published between 2013
and 2017. The review points out to a few different trends, like the use of
gamification to make the teaching of software testing less tedious.
Disciplines :
Computer science
Author, co-author :
Lauvås, Per
Arcuri, Andrea; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Recent Trends in Software Testing Education: A Systematic Literature Review
Publication date :
2018
Event name :
UDIT (The Norwegian Conference on Didactics in IT education)
Event date :
september 2018
Main work title :
UDIT (The Norwegian Conference on Didactics in IT education)
