Volume 7, Issue 12 (December 2020), Pages: 19-26

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Implementing problem-based learning in the software engineering course

 Author(s): Azida Zainol *, Wafa Sulaiman Almukadi

 Affiliation(s):

 College of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7572-0449

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2020.12.002

 Abstract:

The student learning process using real-life contextualization and soft skills are the factors that every student should acquire after completing a Software Engineering course. Problem-based learning (PBL) that promotes learning by doing is used to be implemented in the Software Engineering course in order to solve these issues. A study is conducted with the intention to investigate the introduction of implementing PBL in the Software Engineering course at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Jeddah. Thus, this paper aims to report the findings of introducing PBL to stimulate students' learning and skills. The PBL was implemented in the Software Engineering course as an ongoing teaching method for Fall Semester 2019/2020, and after completing this course, a set of the questionnaire is distributed to all students to get their perceptions of using PBL. The results indicated that PBL stimulates the students’ learning by allowing them to be responsible for their learning, become self-directed learners and given the students the ability to be responsible for their own learning in a simulated environment, working with fellow students to achieve an outcome. These results are comparable with previous works on PBL in the Software Engineering course, and PBL has been emphasized as a new teaching paradigm in an ongoing review of software engineering undergraduate program by IEEE/ACM. Therefore, the result of this study is significant as it highlights the positive conclusion of PBL, and this led to the theoretical of Software Engineering education in reducing the gap between theory and practice in curriculum development. 

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 Keywords: Problem-based learning, Software engineering, Software engineering education

 Article History: Received 14 April 2020, Received in revised form 13 July 2020, Accepted 13 July 2020

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 Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

  Zainol A and Almukadi WS (2020). Implementing problem-based learning in the software engineering course. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 7(12): 19-26

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