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Learning Objectives for a Course on Software Architecture

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Software Architecture (ECSA 2015)

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Many universities have started to offer a course on the emerging discipline of Software Architecture at either graduate or under-graduate levels. As a result, educators are facing many challenges with respect to which topics to be included in a course on Software Architecture and for which architectural abilities students should be trained and assessed. One way of addressing these challenges is to clearly specify learning objectives for a course on Software Architecture. In this paper, we present a set of learning objectives and its classification using Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (RBT). The analysis brings out the generic cognitive skills required for architecture modeling. One of the potential benefits of classification of learning objectives is that different educational processes such as instruction, learning and assessment can be effectively aligned using the classification of learning objectives presented in the paper.

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere, Raigad, 402103, Maharashtra, India

    Arvind W. Kiwelekar & Hansaraj S. Wankhede

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  2. Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Biongegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

    Raffaela Mirandola

  3. Computer Science and Engineering Department, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Kiwelekar, A.W., Wankhede, H.S. (2015). Learning Objectives for a Course on Software Architecture. In: Weyns, D., Mirandola, R., Crnkovic, I. (eds) Software Architecture. ECSA 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9278. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23727-5_14

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