There are some subjects that are seen as a
challenge by both students and teachers. One of these subjects
is Software Engineering, where the novelty of its concepts and
the need of applying abstract thinking need major efforts to
understand new paradigms of design and development of
information systems. Due to these difficulties, students face the
subject with low motivation. The present work describes a
series of teaching methodology changes carried out during the
last three academic years, specially the implementation carried
out during the 2017-18 year. The analysis of the results shows a
high correlation between the students’ participation and the
success ratio of the subject by comparing the results obtained
by students studying the active methodology in 2017-18 and the
results for the academic year 2013-14.
