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Educational games: A contribution to software testing education

Authors:

Pedro Henrique Dias Valle,

Armando Maciel Toda,

Ellen Francine Barbosa,

José Carlos MaldonadoAuthors Info & Claims

2017 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2017.8190470

Published: 18 October 2017 Publication History

Abstract

Software testing is a relevant activity to provide evidence of qualifty of software products. However, there is a lack of qualified professionals in this area. This can be caused due to difficulty in teaching software testing through approaches that use only theoretical classes and traditional tools. In addition, there is a lack of motivation due to the work environment and the strategies of allocation and responsibility of these professionals in development and testing teams. To mitigate these problems, approaches have been used to support software testing education, such as: educational games, integrated teaching of software testing with programming, educational modules, among others. The objective of this paper was to develop an educational game named Testing Game, addressing the following topics: functional testing, structural testing and mutation testing. To support the development of the Testing Game, we performed a systematic mapping aiming at selecting a game engine. To evaluate the efficiency of the game, we conducted a feasibility study to evaluate the quality regarding motivation, user experience and learning from the point of view of the students. We also evaluate the usability of the Testing Game. Approximately 85.64% of people who participated in the study assessed the quality of the game in a positive perspective regarding motivation, user experience and learning from the point of view of the students. Regarding the usability of the game, students identified minor problems. Through this work, we realize that the game Testing Game can constitute as a complementary resource to support software testing education.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3678869.3685686
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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.jss.2023.111647

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Fasolino AAccetto CTramontana PCoppola RArdito LFraser GLeotta M(2024)Testing Robot Challenge: A Serious Game for Testing LearningProceedings of the 3rd ACM International Workshop on Gamification in Software Development, Verification, and Validation10.1145/3678869.3685686(26-29)Online publication date: 13-Sep-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3678869.3685686
Rahman AZhang YWu FShahriar HStephenson BStone JBattestilli LRebelsky SShoop L(2024)Student Perceptions of Authentic Learning to Learn White-box TestingProceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 210.1145/3626253.3635584(1784-1785)Online publication date: 14-Mar-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3626253.3635584
Blanco RTrinidad MSuárez-Cabal MCalderón ARuiz MTuya J(2023)Can gamification help in software testing education? Findings from an empirical studyJournal of Systems and Software10.1016/j.jss.2023.111647200:COnline publication date: 1-Jun-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.jss.2023.111647
Gomes RLelli V(2021)GAMUT: GAMe-based learning approach for teaching Unit TestingProceedings of the XX Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality10.1145/3493244.3493263(1-11)Online publication date: 8-Nov-2021
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