OBSERVATION OF STUDENTS BEHAVIOUR IN PROGRAMMING COURSES WITH AN AUTOMATED TESTING PLATFORM AT DIFFERENTLY GEOLOCATED UNIVERSITIES: A CASE STUDY

Abstract

One of the main tasks of a course is that it should motivate students to work continuously during the semester. Using the same course curriculum for students with different cultural backgrounds can have different impacts on student behavior and motivation. In this paper is conducted a case study at Technical University of Kosice and University of Ljubljana, where both universities used the ˇ same course curriculum, automated testing environment (ATE) and assignment to observe student behavior in a programming course. It was found that by shortening the period of testing days in ATE students will not significantly affect the amount of its continuous work. On the other hand, shortening this period has negatively impacted student score which can be frustrating for the student. Another finding was that on average 58% of submissions ends with failed build. Based on the manual testing it can be stated that in the course with the ATE students understand the topics of Android development better and devote the course 1.7 times more time than in the course without the ATE.

Keywords

• automated testing environment
• student motivation
• android programming course
• eduscrum
• commit frequency