Publications

Student Persistence in the Use of Test Driven Development

Published in CSCI 2022, 2022

This work extends a prior study of a modified test-driven development approach to software development in a first course in data structures. The current aims to determine if students persisted in utilizing a test-driven development approach in a follow-on course in advanced data structures and algorithm analysis.

Recommended citation: accepted

Utilizing Test Driven Development in a Data Structures Course

Published in FECS 2021, 2021

High failure rates in Data Structures and Algorithms courses suggest the need for different approaches to teaching programming. This work contains a description of an effort to introduce Test-Driven Development in a first course in data structures.

Recommended citation: accepted

Nifty Assignments

Published in SIGCSE 2021, 2021

The Nifty Assignments special session is about promoting and sharing the ideas and ready-to-use materials of successful assignments

Recommended citation: Nick Parlante, Julie Zelenski, Adrian A. de Freitas, Troy B. Weingart, Keith Schwarz, Ben Stephenson, Steven Bitner: Nifty Assignments. SIGCSE 2021: 1240-1241 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3408877.3439501