CS Education Research

Activity: Identifying the Information Content to Present

Open your assigned paper.

For your paper, identify the paragraphs in the paper where each of the informational content items listed in the presenter instructions is located.

Be prepared to discuss what each content item is and where it is located.

Discussion of the Answers

Tool Papers

Content Item Where to find it and what to cover
Title slide Duh.
Problem First few paragraphs of the introduction.
Background Usually in section after intro.
Tool Usually there is a tool section that follows the intro (or background if it exists).
Evaluation method Usually there is a method section. Sometimes method and results are lumped into a single section. Sometimes that section has a subsection for each of them.
Evaluation results Analogous to method section.
Discussion Usually this is anything that follows the results and precedes the conclusion section (if there is one). May not actually be called “discussion”.
Claims/Conclusion May be found in the intro and/or conclusion of the paper. May also come from the method/results sections that work well here.

Empirical Papers

Content Item Where to find it and what to cover
Title slide Duh.
Research question/problem First few paragraphs of the introduction. RQ lists also commonly appear near the end of the introduction. RQ list may also appear near the beginning of the method section.
High-level study approach Middle to end of intro or beginning of method. Sometimes you have to infer from lower-level descriptions.
Background Usually in section after intro.
Study method Usually there is a method section. Sometimes method and results are lumped into a single. Sometimes that section has subsection for each of them.
Study results Analogous to method.
Discussion Usually this is anything that follows the results and precedes the conclusion section (if there is one). May not actually be called “discussion”.
Claims/Conclusion May be found in the intro and/or conclusion of the paper. May also come from the method/results sections that work well here.

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