Resumen de Empirical studies in software engineering courses: some pedagogical experiences

F. García, Manuel A. Serrano Martín , José Antonio Cruz Lemus , Marcela Genero , C. Calero, Mario G. Piattini Velthuis

• Empirical studies in software engineering are essential for the validation of different methods, techniques, tools, etc. Students play a fundamental role in carrying these studies out successfully and, as a consequence, most experiments connected with software engineering are conducted in academia. Benefits which are concerned exclusively with aspects of research are not the only ones to come from studies of this kind: it is very important also to consider benefits from a teaching point of view. Therefore, when experiments are conducted in academia, they must be planned not only to obtain insights into research but also to help students who participate as experimental subjects.