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How Does Indirect Feedback Affect the Attitude in Higher Software Engineering Education?

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Abstract

Specialized programming knowledge and further generic competencies are needed to be able to develop software adequately. Therefore, it is essential to foster communication skills in higher software engineering education. One aspect of communication – feedback – is used rather frequently in agile software development as well as in educational settings, but: How does this indirect feedback affect the attitude of students in higher software engineering education? This paper describes a research proposal in order to detect how and to what extent indirect feedback has an impact on the individual’s attitude.

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    In German language the words “Rückmeldung” and “Rückkopplung” are used synonymous [6].

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    For example: During a Pair Programming situation, the navigator says to the driver: “Ey, there must be a closing bracket! This fact, I have already told you three times”.

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    Response-Certitude-Model [ 26 ], Mindful-Processing-Model [ 3 ], Feedback for self-regulated learning [ 7 ], Feedback Intervention Theory [ 22 ].

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    ACM [ 1 ], Base [ 4 ], IEEE [ 19 ], Science Direct [ 38 ], WebofScience [ 42 ].

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The present work as part of the EVELIN project was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) under grant number 01PL17022A. The author is responsible for the content of this publication.

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Kuhn, M. (2018). How Does Indirect Feedback Affect the Attitude in Higher Software Engineering Education?. In: Auer, M., Guralnick, D., Simonics, I. (eds) Teaching and Learning in a Digital World. ICL 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 715. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73210-7_18

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