کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
349178 618216 2008 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
An empirical study on students’ ability to comprehend design patterns
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم اجتماعی آموزش
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
An empirical study on students’ ability to comprehend design patterns
چکیده انگلیسی

Design patterns have become a widely acknowledged software engineering practice and therefore have been incorporated in the curricula of most computer science departments. This paper presents an observational study on students’ ability to understand and apply design patterns. Within the context of a postgraduate software engineering course, students had to deliver two versions of a software system; one without and one with design patterns. The former served as a poorly designed system suffering from architectural problems, while the latter served as an improved system where design problems had been solved by appropriate patterns. The experiment allowed the quantitative evaluation of students’ preference to patterns. Moreover, it was possible to assess students’ ability in relating design problems with patterns and interpreting the impact of patterns on software metrics. The overall goal was to empirically identify ways in which a course on design patterns could be improved.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Computers & Education - Volume 51, Issue 3, November 2008, Pages 1007–1016
نویسندگان
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