scholarly journals Using systematic reviews and evidence-based software engineering with masters students

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Briony J. Oates ◽  
Graham Capper
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Masters Students

Training students in evidence-based software engineering and systematic reviews: a systematic review and empirical study

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastián Pizard ◽  
Fernando Acerenza ◽  
Ximena Otegui ◽  
Silvana Moreno ◽  
Diego Vallespir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Evidence Based

scholarly journals How systematic reviews cover practitioners' issues: A study on Stack Exchange communities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Cartaxo ◽  
Gustavo Pinto ◽  
Fernando Kamei ◽  
Danilo Monteiro ◽  
Fabio Queda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Research To Practice ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Agile Software ◽  
Tertiary Study

Context: One of the goals of Evidence-Based Software Engineering is to leverage evidence from research to practice. However, some studies suggest this goal has not being fully accomplished. Objective: This paper proposes a strategy to assess how systematic reviews cover practitioners' issues in software engineering. Method: We selected 24 systematic reviews identified by a comprehensive tertiary study. Using search strings of the selected systematic reviews, we queried most relevant practitioners' issues on five active Stack Exchange communities, a professional and high-quality Question & Answer platform. After examining more than 1,800 issues, we investigated how findings of the selected systematic reviews could help to solve (i.e. cover) practitioners' issues. Results: After excluding false positives and duplicates, a total of 424 issues were considered related to the selected systematic reviews. This number corresponds to 1.75% of the 26,687 most relevant issues on the five Stack Exchange communities. Among these 424 issues, systematic reviews can successfully cover 14.1% (60) of them. Based on a qualitative analysis, we identified 45 recurrent issues spread in many software engineering areas. The most demanded topic is related to agile software development, with 15 recurrent issues identified and 127 practitioners' issues as a whole. Conclusions: An overall coverage rate of 14.1% reveals a good opportunity for conducting systematic reviews in software engineering to fill the gap of not covered issues. We also observed practitioners explicitly demanding for scientific empirical evidence, rich in context and oriented to specific target audiences. Finally, we also provided guidelines for researchers who want to conduct systematic reviews more connected with software engineering practice.

scholarly journals How systematic reviews cover practitioners' issues: A study on Stack Exchange communities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Cartaxo ◽  
Gustavo Pinto ◽  
Fernando Kamei ◽  
Danilo Monteiro ◽  
Fabio Queda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Research To Practice ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Agile Software ◽  
Tertiary Study

Context: One of the goals of Evidence-Based Software Engineering is to leverage evidence from research to practice. However, some studies suggest this goal has not being fully accomplished. Objective: This paper proposes a strategy to assess how systematic reviews cover practitioners' issues in software engineering. Method: We selected 24 systematic reviews identified by a comprehensive tertiary study. Using search strings of the selected systematic reviews, we queried most relevant practitioners' issues on five active Stack Exchange communities, a professional and high-quality Question & Answer platform. After examining more than 1,800 issues, we investigated how findings of the selected systematic reviews could help to solve (i.e. cover) practitioners' issues. Results: After excluding false positives and duplicates, a total of 424 issues were considered related to the selected systematic reviews. This number corresponds to 1.75% of the 26,687 most relevant issues on the five Stack Exchange communities. Among these 424 issues, systematic reviews can successfully cover 14.1% (60) of them. Based on a qualitative analysis, we identified 45 recurrent issues spread in many software engineering areas. The most demanded topic is related to agile software development, with 15 recurrent issues identified and 127 practitioners' issues as a whole. Conclusions: An overall coverage rate of 14.1% reveals a good opportunity for conducting systematic reviews in software engineering to fill the gap of not covered issues. We also observed practitioners explicitly demanding for scientific empirical evidence, rich in context and oriented to specific target audiences. Finally, we also provided guidelines for researchers who want to conduct systematic reviews more connected with software engineering practice.

scholarly journals Aprendizaje de un segundo idioma apoyado en tecnologías digitales: una revisión sistemática

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Yasmin Stella Valencia ◽  
José Luis Serrano Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Computer Based Learning ◽  
Critical Appraisal Skill Programme ◽  
Revisión Sistemática ◽  
Computer Based

En este artículo se realiza una revisión sistemática con el objetivo de identificar las evidencias existentes sobre la implementación y las ventajas del uso de diferentes tecnologías digitales en los programas educativos que contribuyen a la adquisición de un segundo idioma. Esta revisión sistemática sigue la metodología según las recomendaciones proporcionadas por el método Evidence-based Software Engineering, la lista de control de The Critical Appraisal Skill Programme para evaluar la calidad de los artículos seleccionados y Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and MetaAnalysis para la elaboración del informe. Las bases de datos utilizadas fueron Web Of Science y Scopus. Se seleccionan 8 artículos que se ajustan a los criterios de inclusión y exlusión. Entre los principales resultados obtenidos destacamos que en los estudios que utilizan las herramientas de la Web 2.0 se integran las competencias sociales de lenguaje, en concreto, la de comunicación e interacción con propósitos de producción y de integración social del estudiante en un nuevo idioma. Por lo tanto, las herramientas Web 2.0 contribuyen a una enseñanza más dinámica de un idioma, generando una mayor interacción que ayuda a la adquisición de este. De otro lado, en las investigaciones que usan las herramientas de Computer Based Learning se evalúa al individuo en temas específicos, como la producción fonética y gramatical.  

Evidence-Based Software Engineering and Systematic Reviews

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Ann Kitchenham ◽  
David Budgen ◽  
Pearl Brereton
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Evidence Based

Abstraction: An alternative neurocognitive account of recognition, prediction, and decision making

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie F. Reyna ◽  
David A. Broniatowski
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Trace Theory ◽  
Fuzzy Trace Theory ◽  
Abstract Representations ◽  
Technical Systems

Abstract Gilead et al. offer a thoughtful and much-needed treatment of abstraction. However, it fails to build on an extensive literature on abstraction, representational diversity, neurocognition, and psychopathology that provides important constraints and alternative evidence-based conceptions. We draw on conceptions in software engineering, socio-technical systems engineering, and a neurocognitive theory with abstract representations of gist at its core, fuzzy-trace theory.

scholarly journals Global and Latin American female participation in evidence-based software engineering: a systematic mapping study

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katia Romero Felizardo ◽  
Amanda Möhring Ramos ◽  
Claudia de O. Melo ◽  
Érica Ferreira de Souza ◽  
Nandamudi L. Vijaykumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Gender Issue ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
New Generation

Abstract Context While the digital economy requires a new generation of technology for scientists and practitioners, the software engineering (SE) field faces a gender crisis. SE research is a global enterprise that requires the participation of both genders for the advancement of science and evidence-based practice. However, women across the world tend to be significantly underrepresented in such research, receiving less funding and less participation, frequently, than men as authors in research publications. Data about this phenomenon is still sparse and incomplete; particularly in evidence-based software engineering (EBSE), there are no studies that analyze the participation of women in this research area. Objective The objective of this work is to present the results of a systematic mapping study (SM) conducted to collect and evaluate evidence on female researchers who have contributed to the area of EBSE. Method Our SM was performed by manually searching studies in the major conferences and journals of EBSE. We identified 981 studies and 183 were authored/co-authored by women and, therefore, included. Results Contributions from women in secondary studies have globally increased over the years, but it is still concentrated in European countries. Additionally, collaboration among research groups is still fragile, based on a few women as a bridge. Latin American researchers contribute a great deal to the field, despite they do not collaborate as much within their region. Conclusions The findings from this study are expected to be aggregated to the existing knowledge with respect to women’s contribution to the EBSE area. We expect that our results bring up a reflection on the gender issue and motivate actions and policies to attract female researchers to this area.

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