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The work-reflection-learning cycle in SE student projects: Use of collaboration tools
List of Figures
Figure 1: Most used terms in the thesis (the research papers excluded); diagram
generated in Wordle (http://www.wordle.net) ......................................................... iii
Figure 2: The problem domain of the PhD thesis ............................................................. 3
Figure 3: Research papers and the main topics of the research contributions .................. 7
Figure 4: The model of experiential learning (Kolb et al. 1971) .................................... 14
Figure 5: A model of the reflective process. From (Boud et al. 1985a) ......................... 15
Figure 6: Timeline indicating when the data collection for the empirical studies took
place ........................................................................................................................ 30
Figure 7: Team A having a meeting at the customer's site. The customer (second from
the right) has ordered pizza. ................................................................................... 33
Figure 8: The whiteboard after a reflection workshop with a student team. (The photo
has been manipulated to make the experience curves more visible in print). ........ 34
Figure 9: Field notes. ...................................................................................................... 35
Figure 10: Screen shot from a project wiki main page as the project approached final
deadline. Note the strikethroughs of completed tasks in the to-do-list. ................ 41
Figure 11: Wiki Walkthrough Tool: adding a tag to the current version of a page........ 43
Figure 12: Snapshot of the whiteboard after the reflection workshop of one project
team, showing the shared project timeline with the individual satisfaction curves.
The numbers along Max’s curve indicate where he explained this experience to the
rest of the team. From P6. ...................................................................................... 46
Figure 13: Retrospective reflection as distributed cognition. From P7. ......................... 47
Figure 14: Examination of historical data in Trac. From P8. ........................................ 49
Figure 15: A model outlining how Trac supports project work and retrospective
reflection on the project process in the case study of P8. From P8. ....................... 51
Figure 16: Diagrams showing the researchers' interpretation of how Team F changed
their story of their project in their reflection workshop.......................................... 71
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