EASE

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Employing a professional software process like e.g. [JBR99][Bec00] in a project course is risky. A professional process must be adapted or stripped down necessarily. But this may mislead students, it may lead to misconception about real problems and real solutions of a professional software engineering project. It is a valuable approach to establish real labor-conditions in a project course by providing a real customer [Kno91]. This way students get in contact with real problems - only employing a professional software process just means simulating problems. EASE targets learning of high-level skills. EASE [Dra03] is designed to mitigate risks and exploit chances of higher education in general and software engineering education in particular. It is influenced by mature andragogical methodologies like Collaborative Learning [Bru93] and Action Learning [Rev82][Rev98]. The micro process of EASE is similar to the iteration planning of XP (Extreme Programming)[Bec00]. At the same time the micro process of EASE is similar to the workflow of the mature learning methodology Entrainement Mental [Cho75]. Small changing groups are a central EASE concept. In school education the Jigsaw Classroom [AP97] is an already proven concept that relies on changing groups, too.

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