JOIN.bsc - Bachelor's Thesis and Seminar, 18.09.2020-04.12.2020

Topic outline

• PHASE 1: Getting Started (18.09 - 02.10)
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  • 18.09.2020 Session 1
    

    
    

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    PPT Slides for 18.09.2020 Folder

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    Session 1 recording

    
    

    
    

    
    

    ** Note that weekly Zoom sessions are compulsory and if you miss a session you will have to compensate for it before the next session.

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    Activity 1a: Toulmin-Zappen model practice (Jurassic Park)
    

    Practice the Toulmin-Zappen model with a partner. Watch the Jurassic Park clip below and work out the rhetorical pattern of the arguments. Post your ideas in the Padlet.
    

    
    

    

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    Activity 1b: Toulmin-Zappen Model (for YOUR THESIS TOPIC)
    

    
    

    
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    Activity 2: Purpose Statement Generator Page

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    1. After you have completed the Toulmin-Zappen model, try the Purpose Statement Generator and post your result in the forum.
    

    2. Reflect on the output. How close is this to how you saw the purpose?

    3. Comment on at least one other Purpose Statement.
    

    
    

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    Activity 3: Purpose Statements Forum

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    After you try the Purpose Statement generator, post your Purpose Statement here.
    

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    25.09.2020 Session 2
    

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    Ppt slides 25.09.2020 File

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    Click here to go to the Key Writing Assignments-->Draft Research Plan to give feedback to a partner. URL

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    You should have posted your Draft Research Plan by 09:00 on 25.09.2020. Click on the link to give feedback to a partner:

    2. In Session 2, choose another student's entry and give feedback. Start by first replying to their entry with your name so others will know it is taken. (Make sure everyone gets feedback.)

      
    

        Copy the following questions into your reply and answer them:

    • Does the table of contents include each section of thesis? Would you add or change anything?
    • How clear was the introduction? Would you add or change anything?
    • Does the introduction follow the Toulmin-Zappen model?
    • Check the sources. Which style guide is being used? Is it consistent?
    • How realistic is the timeline based on the scope of the research?

    
    

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    How to limit the scope of your thesis File

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    Sample questionnaire File

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    Kitchenham and Charters (2007) Guidelines for performing Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering File

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  • 02.10.2020

    
    

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    PPT Slides for Session 3 02.10.20 Folder

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    Adapted CRAAP Test worksheet File

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    "Journal Article" by NVidia (in Cornell University ArXiv) File

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    This is the example I showed in class when I mentioned about critically assessing your sources. Please see the attached CRAAP model for more considerations of how to critically assess a source.
    

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    Session 3