Comprehensive Evaluation of an Educational Software Engineering Simulation Environment

Navarro, Emily Oh; Hoek, André van der

doi:10.1109/cseet.2007.14

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“…This can be explained by the fact that evaluation in the education domain is difficult. Due to multiple interacting factors, it is often impossible to isolate the effects of an educational technique, to track the real learning effect longitudinally and/or to get statistically significant results (Oh Navarro and van der Hoek 2007;McNabb et al 1999;Almstrum et al 1996). In addition, the immaturity of the software engineering domain creates difficulties in conducting comparative evaluations (Oh Navarro and van der Hoek 2007).…”

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Empirical evaluation of an educational game on software measurement

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Software measurement is considered important in improving the software process. However, teaching software measurement remains a challenging issue. Although, games and simulations are regarded powerful tools for learning, their learning effectiveness is not rigorously established. This paper describes the results of an explorative study to investigate the learning effectiveness of a game prototype on software measurement in order to make an initial judgment about its potential as an educational tool as well as to analyze its appropriateness, engagement and strengths & weaknesses as guidance for further evolution. Within the study, a series of experiments was conducted in parallel in three master courses in Brazil. Results of the study reveal that the participants consider the content and structure of the game appropriate, but no indication for a significant difference on learning effectiveness could be shown.

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“…To counteract this threat to validity, at least partially the instruments for measuring these variables were derived from measurement instruments that have been applied in other similar studies (Pfahl et al 2003;Oh Navarro and van der Hoek 2007).…”

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“…Examples are the comprehensively evaluated SimSE environment (Navarro & Van der Hoek, 2007), and the SESAM (Software Engineering Simulation by Animated Models) environment (Ludewig et al, 1992). Münch, Rombach & Rus (2003) have developed a laboratory that allows to systematically combine real and virtual experiments and demonstrate the benefits of such a combination for teaching purposes.…”

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Guidelines for using empirical studies in software engineering education

Fagerholm

Kuhrmann

Münch

2017

PeerJ Computer Science

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Software engineering education is under constant pressure to provide students with industry-relevant knowledge and skills. Educators must address issues beyond exercises and theories that can be directly rehearsed in small settings. Industry training has similar requirements of relevance as companies seek to keep their workforce up to date with technological advances. Real-life software development often deals with large, software-intensive systems and is influenced by the complex effects of teamwork and distributed software development, which are hard to demonstrate in an educational environment. A way to experience such effects and to increase the relevance of software engineering education is to apply empirical studies in teaching. In this paper, we show how different types of empirical studies can be used for educational purposes in software engineering. We give examples illustrating how to utilize empirical studies, discuss challenges, and derive an initial guideline that supports teachers to include empirical studies in software engineering courses. Furthermore, we give examples that show how empirical studies contribute to high-quality learning outcomes, to student motivation, and to the awareness of the advantages of applying software engineering principles. Having awareness, experience, and understanding of the actions required, students are more likely to apply such principles under real-life constraints in their working life.

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“…O jogo sério, utilizado neste trabalho de investigação, desenvolvido para a área de conhecimentos de Engenharia de Software é o SimSE [Nav06]. Este jogo tem o objetivo de educar os jogadores na área de engenharia de software, apresentando uma simulação do desenvolvimento de um projeto dentro de uma empresa (para vários modelos de desenvolvimento), em que o jogador assume o papel de gestor do projeto.…”

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“…O jogo SimSE foi analisado, usando a biografia de Navarro [Nav06], de forma a concluir se as classes padrões de design referidos podiam ser nele encontrados.…”

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Game Design Techniques for Software Engineering Management Education

Letra¹,

Paiva

Flores

2015

2015 IEEE 18th International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering

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ResumoA Engenharia de Software é uma área com elevada densidade de conteúdos, tendo sido por isso organizada numa base de conhecimento pelo IEEE, de forma a existir um entendimento consistente e comum a todo mundo sobre esta, e também esclarecer o seu âmbito ou todas as diversas áreas a que esta se encontra relacionada. Tendo em conta tamanha diversidade de conteúdos, é lógico que para cada um deles existam técnicas de ensino de Engenharia de Software que se adequam melhor, tornando mais difícil o seu ensino.Uma das formas de melhorar a captura de conhecimentos é através de jogos, neste caso jogos sérios. Estes têm como objetivo principal a captura e ganho de conhecimento por parte do jogador, através da motivação e atenção deste aos aspetos do jogo que representam o conhecimento que se pretende adquirir. Estes métodos têm-se revelado vantajosos em relação aos métodos mais tradicionais. Visto isto, procura-se identificar os padrões e técnicas de design desses jogos que servem melhor o ensino dos conteúdos de Gestão de Engenharia de Software, tendo em conta as diferentes técnicas e objetivos de ensino referentes a cada um deles.Pretende-se propor uma metodologia de design de jogos sérios, usando padrões de desenho de jogos e relacionando-os com os objetivos de aprendizagem, reduzindo o esforço no design e desenvolvimento dos jogos.O interesse deste problema encontra-se na exploração de novos e melhores métodos de ensino de Gestão de Engenharia de Software, alterando a forma como futuras gerações adquirem todo este conhecimento e experiência. O objetivo deste trabalho de investigação é o desenvolvimento de um mapa semântico dos objetivos educacionais e pedagógicos de Gestão de Engenharia de Software para padrões de desenho de jogos. AbstractSoftware engineering is an area with a wide range of concepts and knowledge, and was therefore organized in a knowledge base by the IEEE, in order to exist a consistent and common understanding to everybody about it, and also to clarify its scope and all the areas to which it is paired. Taking into account such diversity of contents, it is logical that for each one of that concepts, there are teaching techniques that better suit each one, making its education tasks more complex.One way to improve the knowledge capture is through games, serious games in this case.These are mainly intended to improve the capture and gain knowledge by the player, through the motivation and attention to the game aspects that represent the knowledge that is sought.These methods have been proved advantageous compared to more traditional methods. Seen this, we seek to identify patterns and design techniques for these games that best serve the teaching of Software Engineering Management content, taking into account the different techniques and teaching objectives for each of them. We intend to propose a serious games design methodology, using game design patterns and linking them with the learning objectives, reducing the effort in the design and development of those games.The interest of this problem ...

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Comprehensive Evaluation of an Educational Software Engineering Simulation Environment

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Cited by 53 publications

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Empirical evaluation of an educational game on software measurement

Empirical evaluation of an educational game on software measurement

Guidelines for using empirical studies in software engineering education

Game Design Techniques for Software Engineering Management Education

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