Teaching Literature Reviewing for Software Engineering Research

TL;DR

This chapter offers guidance for educators to teach graduate students effective literature review techniques in software engineering, emphasizing secondary research and quality evaluation.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview and practical guidelines for teaching literature review methods in software engineering education.

Findings

Provides structured teaching guidelines

Summarizes literature review types and evaluation methods

Supports educators in curriculum development

Abstract

The goal of this chapter is to support teachers in holistically introducing graduate students to literature reviews, with a particular focus on secondary research. It provides an overview of the overall literature review process and the different types of literature review before diving into guidelines for selecting and conducting different types of literature review. The chapter also provides recommendations for evaluating the quality of existing literature reviews and concludes with a summary of our learning goals and how the chapter supports teachers in addressing them.