Coding with a Creative Twist: Investigating the Link Between Creativity Scores and problem-solving Strategies (ICSE 2024 - New Ideas and Emerging Results) - ICSE 2024

Fri 12 - Sun 21 April 2024 Lisbon, Portugal

Who

Mahta Amini, Jay A. Olson, Zohreh Sharafi

Track

ICSE 2024 New Ideas and Emerging Results

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When

Thu 18 Apr 2024 12:14 - 12:21 at Almada Negreiros - Human and Social 4 Chair(s): Tamara Lopez

Abstract

Creative ideation and its adaptive value in reacting to new events are critical to advancing scientific and technological innovation. Software development, at its core, is a problem-solving endeavor that inherently demands creativity. Yet, the available research on creativity in software engineering is fragmented and limited.

We present the first empirical evaluation of the role of creativity in software engineering tasks. We conducted an empirical study with 77 participants to objectively assess the effect of creativity –quantified via established psychometric tests – on developers’ performance and behavior through the problem-solving strategies they used during programming.

We find that participants with higher creativity scores employed diverse strategies with significant variations, adding extra game features and multiple animations. Additionally, we report a notable correlation between task time and divergent creativity score. Our findings can inform educational and training strategies in software engineering, fostering innovative approaches and boosting developer performance and engagement.

Mahta Amini

Polytechnique Montreal

Jay A. Olson

University of Toronto Mississauga

Zohreh Sharafi

Polytechnique Montréal

Canada

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	11:00 - 12:30	Human and Social 4New Ideas and Emerging Results / Software Engineering in Society / Research Track / Journal-first Papers / Software Engineering Education and Training at Almada Negreiros Chair(s): Tamara Lopez The Open University

	11:00 15m Talk		“My GitHub Sponsors profile is live!” Investigating the Impact of Twitter/X Mentions on GitHub Sponsors Research Track Youmei Fan Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Tao Xiao Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Hideaki Hata Shinshu University, Christoph Treude Singapore Management University, Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology Pre-print Media Attached
	11:15 15m Talk		A Theory of Scientific Programming Efficacy Research Track Elizaveta Pertseva Stanford University, Melinda Chang Canyon Crest Academy, Ulia Zaman University of California, Irvine, Michael Coblenz University of California, San Diego Link to publication
	11:30 15m Talk		Coding to Cope: Teaching Programming to Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Software Engineering Education and Training Isabella Graßl University of Passau, Gordon Fraser University of Passau
	11:45 15m Talk		Beyond Self-Promotion: How Software Engineering Research Is Discussed on LinkedIn Software Engineering in Society Marvin Wyrich Saarland University, Justus Bogner Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Pre-print
	12:00 7m Talk		Extended Abstract of "Do Attention and Memory Explain the Performance of Software Developers?" Journal-first Papers Valentina Piantadosi University of Molise, Simone Scalabrino University of Molise, Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology, Nicole Novielli University of Bari, Rocco Oliveto University of Molise
	12:07 7m Talk		Understanding Mentors’ Engagement in OSS Communities via Google Summer of Code Journal-first Papers Xin Tan Beihang University, Minghui Zhou Peking University, Li Zhang Beihang University
	12:14 7m Talk		Coding with a Creative Twist: Investigating the Link Between Creativity Scores and problem-solving Strategies New Ideas and Emerging Results Mahta Amini Polytechnique Montreal, Jay A. Olson University of Toronto Mississauga, Zohreh Sharafi Polytechnique Montréal