Resumen de Persistent ideas in a software design course: a qualitative case study

Pamela Flores, Nelson Medinilla Martínez, Sonia Pamplona Roche

• This study aims to discover what persistent ideas students have when designing software, and discusses possiblerelationships between them. The research was conducted through qualitative case study over an academic period withMaster’s degree students in a Software Design course. The ideas obtained as results were grouped in persistence levels: low,medium and high; additionally some ideas have been identified, that could be potentially persistent. The main contributionof this paper is focused on two aspects: (a) Software design education, which allows teachers to identify and addressproblems related to Software Design course; and (b) Professional impact in the industry, by warning the software industryabout the main problems that students carry out, despite of the instruction.