oritha@ tx, yael@ cs, elarisa@ tx, vmsvicky@ tx, tmariana@ tx {.technion.ac.il} ABSTRACT This paper discusses the suitability of the qualitative research approach to computer science education research. It is based on the following two observations: First, only a small proportion of works presented in the computer science education literature contain some experimental component (Fincher and Petre, 2004;Valentine, 2004). Second, those research works conducted in computer science education that do, usually employ a quantitative research approach. This paper focuses on the qualitative research approach, presenting its nature, discussing its relationships to the quantitative research approach and addressing its application in general and in the context of computer science education in particular.
This is a report on the 2nd roles and responsibilities workshop on governance software development (SDG), which took place as part of ICSE 2009. While the first workshop in 2008 focused on the definitions of the concepts involved in software development governance, the second workshop focused on case studies in which changes are introduced to software teamwork, e.g., distributed and agile environments, and on governance approaches that are used to better align software development with the business goals.
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