Effects of Mindfulness on Conceptual Modeling Performance: A Series of Experiments
| Autor: | Natalia Juristo, Amador Durán Toro, Beatriz Bernárdez, Antonio Ruiz-Cortés, José Antonio Parejo Maestre |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). España, Junta de Andalucía, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICINN). España |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Mindfulness Family of Experiments Computer science media_common.quotation_subject Control (management) Applied psychology Placebo treatment 020207 software engineering Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology Experiment Replication Conceptual Modeling Software Engineering Education 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Quality (business) Meditation Software media_common |
| Zdroj: | idUS: Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla Universidad de Sevilla (US) idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla instname |
| ISSN: | 2326-3881 0098-5589 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/tse.2020.2991699 |
| Popis: | Context. Mindfulness is a meditation technique whose main goal is keeping the mind calm and educating attention by focusing only on one thing at a time, usually breathing. The reported benefits of its continued practice can be of interest for Software Engineering students and practitioners, especially in tasks like conceptual modeling, in which concentration and clearness of mind are crucial. Goal. In order to evaluate whether Software Engineering students enhance their conceptual modeling performance after several weeks of mindfulness practice, a series of three controlled experiments were carried out at the University of Seville during three consecutive academic years (2013–2016) involving 130 students. Method. In all the experiments, the subjects were divided into two groups. While the experimental group practiced mindfulness, the control group was trained in public speaking as a placebo treatment. All the subjects developed two conceptual models based on a transcript of an interview, one before and another one after the treatment. The results were compared in terms of conceptual modeling quality (measured as effectiveness, i.e. the percentage of model elements correctly identified) and productivity (measured as efficiency, i.e. the number of model elements correctly identified per unit of time). Results. The statistically significant results of the series of experiments revealed that the subjects who practiced mindfulness developed slightly better conceptual models (their quality was 8.16% higher) and they did it faster (they were 46.67% more productive) than the control group, even if they did not have a previous interest in meditation. Conclusions. The practice of mindfulness improves the performance of Software Engineering students in conceptual modeling, especially their productivity. Nevertheless, more experimentation is needed in order to confirm the outcomes in other Software Engineering tasks and populations. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad TIN2015–70560–R Junta de Andalucía US–1264651 Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades RTI2018–101204–B–C22 Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades RTI2018- 101204–B–C21 Junta de Andalucía P18–FR–2895 |
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