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Forschungskolleg Softwaretechnologie (Academic Skills for Software Engineers)
Vorlesung mit Übung (WS 12) - VorlesungInformations - Informationen
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Gliederung der Vorlesung
I - Introduction | ||
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2012-10-08 | What is science? | |
Different forms of science. Technical science and technology research. The limits of science. Data, information, knowledge and wisdom (DIKW). Interpretation according to value systems. | ||
2012-10-15 | The Research Process OISDR | |
The research process OGSDR and its variants. Elementary techniques for every step. The 7 W-questions. | ||
2012-10-22 | Different kinds of research reports in the process | |
Different forms of research reports and the involved activities. Bachelor, Master, PhD theses. Research exposes and dossiers. Semi-defenses and defenses. Principles of outlining of reports. | ||
II - Information Gathering | ||
2012-10-29 | Gathering and Reading | |
Gathering information. Screening of trends. Reading methods such as SQ3R. | ||
III - Finding Solutions | ||
2012-11-06 | Problem Solving | |
(Attention: lecture swapped with exercise in this week!) Problem solving methods. ZOPP, PROBLOSS, Aspect-oriented problem solving. | ||
2012-11-12 | Research methods | |
The Shaw classification of research questions, results, validation. Success criteria and limits. Laws, observations, theories and models. | ||
2012-11-27 | Self Management | |
Attention! Due to a travel of Prof. Aßmann, the lecturing ist moved to Tue, 27, 11:10. Task management. Goal management. Exam management. | ||
IV - Structuring | ||
2012-11-27 | Structuring Complex Sentences | |
Compound and complex sentences. Links. Treppauf, treppab. Micropatterns such as Old2New. Microthreading with micropatterns. | ||
2012-12-03 | Structuring Complex Sentences | |
Compound and complex sentences. Links. Treppauf, treppab. Micropatterns such as Old2New. Microthreading with micropatterns. | ||
2012-12-10 | Structuring Paragraphs by Points, Theses, and Controlling Ideas | |
Writing for Unity. Topics, controlling ideas make up theses (points). Points plus development schemes make up controllers. Naked and dressed writing. Controlling ideas as structural contracts between author and reader. Direct, smooth, suspended, pivot paragraphs. | ||
2012-12-17 | Microthreading | |
Microthreading achieves coherence, without using controlling ideas, by micropatterns and horizontal links. | ||
2013-01-07 | Development Schemes | |
5-sets. 5-steps. Development schemes: Decomposition, Threading, Dialectic, Argumentative, Microthreading. | ||
2013-01-15 | Dialectic Development Schemes | |
Dialectic development: pivoting, comparison and contrast, strawman, rebuttal, libra. | ||
2013-01-21 | Argumentative Development | |
Argumentative development schemes, such as cause-effect (CE), opinion-reasons (OR). Flat and deep argumentation. Argumentation meshs. | ||
2013-01-21 | The BoCoWiTo model of argumentation | |
The Toulmin model of argumentation. The Booth-Colomb-Williams-Toulmin extension (BoCoWiTo). BoCoWiTo-Combs and -Bushes. | ||
2013-01-22 | Semantic Development Schemes | |
Problem-solving development schemes. Definitions. | ||
2013-01-21 | Special Paragraphs, Essays, and Books | |
Structuring larger parts: introductions, abstracts, conclusions. Structuring chapters and essays. Structuring books. | ||
V - Writing | ||
2013-01-07 | Textification with Bushs, Fishbones, and Whalebones | |
Forming fishbone sentences and paragraphs. Whalebones as fishbones with parallelism. Treppauf and treppab whalebones. | ||
2013-01-14 | Writing a Research Paper | |
Writing a research paper. Writing special parts, such as introductions, abstracts, discussions. | ||
2013-01-14 | Means against boring writing | |
Several ways how to change style. Direct writing with skeletons. | ||
2013-01-21 | Writing a PhD Thesis | |
The PhD process. The PhD hypothesis, validation. Methods to structure the report. The defense. Obstacles. | ||
VI - Talking | ||
2013-01-28 | Talking About the Research | |
Special hints for talks. |