Graduate courses can provide specialized knowledge for Ph.D. and Master's students and contribute to develop their hard and soft skills. At the same time, Systematic Literature Review (SLR) has been increasingly adopted in the computing area as a valuable technique to synthesize the state of the art of a given research topic. However, there is still a poor understanding of the real benefits and drawbacks of offering the SLR course for graduate students. This paper reports an experience that examines such benefits and drawbacks, the difficulties for professors (i.e., educators), and the essential SLR topics to be taught as well as a way to better teach them. We also surveyed computer science graduate students who attended the SLR course, which we have offered for almost ten years for Ph.D. and Master's students in our institution. We found the attendance to the SLR course is a valuable opportunity for graduate students to conduct the required deep literature review of their research topic, improve their research skills, and increase their formation. Hence, we recommend that Ph.D. and Masters' programs offer the SLR course to contribute to their academic achievement.
翻译：研究生课程可以为博士生和硕士生提供专业知识,有助于培养他们的硬性和软性技能。与此同时,计算机领域越来越多地采用系统文学评论(SLR),作为综合特定研究课题的先进程度的宝贵技术。然而,对于为研究生提供SLR课程的实际好处和缺点,人们仍然不太了解。本文报告了一种经验,这种经验可以研究这些好处和缺点、教授(即教育者)的困难、教授(即)需要教授的SLR基本课题以及更好地教育他们的方法。我们还调查了参加SLR课程的计算机科学研究生,我们为博士和硕士生提供了近十年的时间。我们认为,参加SLR课程是研究生对其研究课题进行深入的文献审查、提高研究技能、增加其形成的宝贵机会。因此,我们建议博士和硕士课程提供SLR课程,为他们的学术成就作出贡献。
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