一句话：研究软件工程课程中变异测试练习的脚手架与可视化，并识别学生的技术与概念挑战。
变异测试是一种有效的测试技术，用于提升测试套件检测程序微小变化的能力，并正在被工业界更多采用。本文旨在研究如何在教育环境中使用变异测试，并理解学生在应用变异测试概念时遇到的技术性与概念性挑战。作者报告了两个案例研究，将变异测试纳入软件工程课程，并评估脚手架与可视化对相关练习的影响。研究关注教学场景下变异测试的引入方式、学生实践中的困难以及教学支持手段的作用。通过课程案例的实施与分析，论文为在软件工程教育中设计变异测试练习和配套工具提供经验与依据。
Mutation testing is an effective testing technique for improving how well a test suite can detect small changes to a program under test. This testing technique is seeing increased industry adoption. This paper aims to study the use of mutation testing in an educational setting and understand students' technical and conceptual challenges in applying mutation testing concepts. We report on two case studies of incorporating mutation testing into software engineering curricula.
@inproceedings{paperbot8985,
title = {Evaluating the Impact of Scaffolding and Visualizations for Mutation Testing Exercises in Software Engineering Education},
author = {Hannah Potter and Ana C. R. Paiva and Domenico Amalfitano and Anna Rita Fasolino and Porfirio Tramontana and René Just},
booktitle = {FSE},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1145/3696630.3727240}
}