Home // ICSEA 2020, The Fifteenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances // View article

A Systematic Literature Review on Misconceptions in Software Engineering

Authors:
Carolin Gold-Veerkamp
Nermin Saray

Keywords: Software Engineering, Higher Education, Misconceptions, Systematic Literature Review

Abstract:
From a constructivist perspective, learning is an active, cognitive process in which individuals construct their own knowledge by connecting new concepts with previous knowledge, skills, and experience that serve as points of departure. The purpose of this study is to identify and analyse known evidence-based misconceptions in Software Engineering to use these insights for higher education. We used a systematic literature review as a secondary data accumulation, searching 10 databases automatically using predefined search queries and selection criteria. Out of 2,158 publications found, 18 could be identified as appropriate for the selection criteria. These contain over 100 statements which the authors of these publications refer to as misconceptions/beliefs/myths. Yet, only a fraction of these are based on evidence; namely 20 items from 3 papers. Currently, evidence-based research on misconceptions in Software Engineering is limited. We therefore deduce that evidence-based primary data acquisition and analysis should be the research desideratum.

Pages: 1 to 8

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: October 18, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-827-3

Location: Porto, Portugal

Dates: from October 18, 2020 to October 22, 2020