Title :
Creativity and software design: is formal training helping or hurting?
Author :
Walz, Diane B. ; Wynekoop, Judy
Author_Institution :
Texas Univ., San Antonio, TX, USA
Abstract :
This paper attempts to investigate the aspect of formal training in the field of software development, the college curriculum. Our results suggest that the information system (IS) course of study does not “weed out” students on the basis of creativity. This suggests that the curriculum is not stifling creative students. However, this also suggests that the IS curriculum is not enhancing students´ creativity either
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; software engineering; training; college curriculum; curriculum; formal training; information system course; software design; software development; student creativity; Engineering profession; Glass; Information systems; Process design; Programming; Psychology; Q measurement; Software design; Software measurement; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1994. Humans, Information and Technology., 1994 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2129-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1994.399940
