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Integrating testing into the curriculum — arsenic in small doses

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Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education archive
Proceedings of the thirty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education table of contents

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Pages: 337 - 341

Year of Publication: 2001

ISBN:1-58113-329-4

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Edward L. Jones

Florida A&M University, P.O. Box 164, Tallahassee, Florida

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SIGCSE: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Testing accounts for 50% of the cost of software, yet it receives little treatment in most curricula. This paper presents some approaches to giving all students multiple, incremental exposures to software testing throughout the curriculum. A unifying framework is presented which identifies a minimal set of test experiences, skills and concepts students should accumulate. The integrated approach combines common test experiences in core courses, an elective course in software testing, and volunteer participation in a test laboratory.

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