A case study of applying scrum in teaching computer programming

• Main Author: Nguyen, Cong Danh
• Other Authors: Kỷ yếu hội thảo quốc tế Các vấn đề mới trong khoa học Giáo dục: tiếp cận liên ngành và xuyên ngành (Proceedings of International conference New issues in educational sciences: Inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches) : Hà Nội, tháng 6 năm 2019
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội 2020
• Subjects: Programming; Teaching; students; Collaborative environment; Scrum; Lập trình; Môi trường hợp tác; Phương pháp phát triển phần mềm Scrum; Dạy học lập trình; Dạy học
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/95053
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Teaching and learning computer programming have introduced many challenges to both lecturers and students in Computer Science. Objective: This paper presents a new computer programming teaching method. Method: Based on Scrum software development method, students in a computer programming course are divided into multiple teams. Scrum emphasizes effective collaboration and communication between students within their team to complete a list of required programming exercises. The students are encouraged to find out and share their solution with the team in order to gain more experience. Results: A case study that describes in detail an experiment in a first-year computer programming course is conducted to verify the benefits of the proposed method in terms of the improvement in students’ learning performance and attitude toward learning computer programming and to provide lessons learned.