TEACHING PROGRAMMING WITH FORMAL MODELS IN GREENFOOT

Moritz Balz, Michael Goedicke

2010

Abstract

Formal methods for software development are subject to teaching in computer science as a matter of course. However, it is difficult to relate the theories to the practical matter of program code creation. The reason for this is the complexity of model-driven software development approaches which would be needed to derive executable applications from formal models, but are usually not in the focus of the courses. We propose to teach formal methods by using “embedded models”, i.e. program code patterns that represent the semantics of formal methods inside arbitrary object-oriented programs. The approach is realized within the Greenfoot graphical simulation enginge. With this approach the technical barrier to the practical use of formal methods is lowered, so that students can easily experiment with such models in a game-oriented environment.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Balz M. and Goedicke M. (2010). TEACHING PROGRAMMING WITH FORMAL MODELS IN GREENFOOT . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-674-024-5, pages 309-316. DOI: 10.5220/0002768303090316

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu10,
author={Moritz Balz and Michael Goedicke},
title={TEACHING PROGRAMMING WITH FORMAL MODELS IN GREENFOOT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2010},
pages={309-316},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002768303090316},
isbn={978-989-674-024-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - TEACHING PROGRAMMING WITH FORMAL MODELS IN GREENFOOT
SN - 978-989-674-024-5
AU - Balz M.
AU - Goedicke M.
PY - 2010
SP - 309
EP - 316
DO - 10.5220/0002768303090316