Experimenting with the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Challenge to Introduce Algorithmic Thinking and Test Case Writing
Resumo
New approaches that offer good learning experiences driven to computer science education have been applied in different places. One of the ways adopted is the application of dynamics in classrooms that challenge students to work in groups and make relations to situations of their lives. Besides, to improve content retention and students engagement, humor is one good element that should be applied in these dynamics. The "Peanut butter and jelly sandwich challenge" is an example that allows including the idea of challenging students using humor as a support to instructional content. This paper explains how that dynamic was applied to two students' groups. The first experience was offered in a mobile programming course that follows a boot camp style and involved a multidisciplinary group with students from three universities. The dynamic applied was used to present the relevance of algorithmic thinking. The second experience used the first case as motivation, adapting it to cover contents focused on test case writing applied to students of computer science. In both cases we present results gathered, such as learning impact for the students.
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Sigrid Eldh, Hans Hansson, and Sasikumar Punnekkat. 2011. Analysis of mistakes as a method to improve test case design. In 2011 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation. IEEE, 70--79.
Vahid Garousi and Mika V Mäntylä. 2016. When and what to automate in software testing? A multi-vocal literature review. Information and Software Technology 76 (2016), 92--117.
Juan Pablo Hourcade, Olga I Garcia, and Keith B Perry. 2007. Learning observation skills by making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. In CHI'07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 1753--1758.
Apple Inc. 2019. Swift Playgrounds. https://www.apple.com/swift/playgrounds/ Last accessed 15 May 2019.
Cem Kaner. 2003. What is a good test case. In Software Testing Analysis & Review Conference (STAR) East.
Tarun Khanna, Ranjay Gulati, and Nitin Nohria. 1998. The dynamics of learning alliances: Competition, cooperation, and relative scope. Strategic management journal 19, 3 (1998), 193--210.
Neelam Kher, Susan Molstad, and Roberta Donahue. 1999. Using humor in the college classroom to enhance teaching effectiveness in'dread courses'. College Student Journal 33, 3 (1999).
Debra Korobkin. 1988. Humor in the classroom: Considerations and strategies. College teaching 36, 4 (1988), 154--158.
Gary Lewandowski and Amy Morehead. 1998. Computer science through the eyes of dead monkeys: learning styles and interaction in CS I. In ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Vol. 30. ACM, 312--316.
Glenford J Myers, Corey Sandler, and Tom Badgett. 2011. The art of software testing. John Wiley & Sons.
Rudolf Ramler and Klaus Wolfmaier. 2006. Economic perspectives in test automation: balancing automated and manual testing with opportunity cost. In Proceedings of the 2006 international workshop on Automation of software test. ACM, 85--91.
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Samuel A Rebelsky. 2005. The new science students in too much, too soon an abbreviated, accelerated, constructivist, collaborative, introductory experience in CS. In ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Vol. 37. ACM, 312--316.
Susan H Rodger. 2002. Introducing computer science through animation and virtual worlds. In ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Vol. 34. ACM, 186--190.
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Publicado
21/01/2020
Como Citar
GAMA, Kiev; DA COSTA, Andrew Diniz; COELHO, Hendi Lemos; VENIERIS, Ricardo Almeida; DE LUCENA, Carlos José Pereira.
Experimenting with the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Challenge to Introduce Algorithmic Thinking and Test Case Writing. In: EDUCATION - SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE ENGENHARIA DE SOFTWARE (SBES), 33. , 2019, Salvador.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2020
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