Week Name Description
SESSION 1- PROCESS OF COGNITION Folder WHAT & WHATNESS

Reading materials
SESSION # 2 - IDEAS, TEXTS AND STYLES Folder READINGS ASSIGNMENT # 2
SESSION # 3 - FINDING RESEARCH QUESTIONS Folder READINGS ASSIGNMENT # 3

Readings assignment # 3
SESSION # 4 RESEARCH ARGUMENT Folder READING ASSIGNMENTS

Structure & presentation of a research arguments
SESSION # 5 FRAMING QUESTIONS Folder ASSIGNMENT # 5 FRAMING QUESTIONS


SESSION # 6 DATA & ANALISIS Folder Reading Session # 6

Reading # 6

Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Graphics Press, 1983, pp. 13-51. 

Edward Tufte, "Micro/Macro Readings" and "Layering and Separation," in Envisioning Information, Graphics Press, 1990, pp.37- 65. 

Edward Tufte, "Visual and Thinking: Displays of Statistical Evidence for making Decisions," in Visual Explanations,Graphics Press, 1997, pp. 27-53.

Greg Myers, "Every Picture Tells a Story," in M. Lynch and S. Woolgar, eds., Representations in Scientific Practice, MIT Press, 1990, pp. 231-265. 

John Berger, Ways of Seeing, Penguin, 1972, pp. 7-64. 

Lisa Peattie, "Representations," in Planning, rethinking Ciudad Guayana, University of Michigan Press, 1987, pp. 111-152 .
SESSION # 7 LOGIC OF RESEARCH Folder READING SESSION # 7

Reading # 7

 

Linda Groat, “Systems of Inquiry and Standards of Research Quality”, in Architectural Research Methods, John Wiley, 2013, Ch 3.

John W. Creswell, “Mixed Methods Procedures”, in Research Design:  Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches, Sage Publications, 2003, pp.208-227

Robert K. Yin, Case Study Research: Design and Methods, Sage, 1984, pp. 13-54. CH 2.

David de Vaus, "Causation and the Logic of Research Design," and "Case Study Designs," in Research Design in Social Research, Sage, 2001, pp. 34-52; 219- 266.  PART 1: Ch 3 & PART V: Ch 13, 14 & 15.

John Zeisel, "Research: Concepts. Hypotheses, Tests," in Inquiry by Design:Tools for Environrnent-Behavior Research, Brooks/Cole, 1981, pp. 18-31. Ch 2.
SESSION # 9 RESEARCH PROPOSAL Folder READING SESSION # 9
    READING SESSION # 9

  1. Karl Popper, "The Logic of Scientific Discovery," Harper & Row, pp 27-48.  Ch.2.
  2. Thomas Kuhn, “The Structure of Scientific Revolution”, University of Chicago Press, 1973, pp. 1-22, 111-135.
  3. Philip Kitcher. "Persuasion," in Persuading Science, Marcello Pera and William R. Shea. eds., Science History Publications, 1991, pp. 3-27.
  4. Brager, G.S. and R.J. de Dear. "Historical and Cultural Influences on Comfort Expectations" in  Buildings, Culture and Environment: Informing local and global practices, R. Cole and R. Lorsch (eds.), Blackwell Publishing, October 2003.  Ch 11
  5. Gwyn Prins, "On Condis and Coolth," plus comments and rebuttal, Energy and Buildings, Vol. 18, No.3-4, 1992, pp. 251- 268.
SESSION # 10 RESEARCH DESIGN Folder READINGS ASSIGNMENT # 10
Reading assignments:


  1. John Zeisel, "Focused Interviews" and "Standardized Questionnaires," in Inquiry by Design; Tools for Environment-Behavior Research, Brooks/Cole, 1981, pp. 137- 178. CH 9&10
  2. William Foote Whyte,” Learning from the Field: A Guide from Experience”, Sage Press, 1984, pp. 35-63, 83-96.
  3. Sidney Siegel, "Measurement -Choosing a Statistical Test," in Non-Parametric Statistics, McGraw Hill, 1956, pp. 21-31. 
  4. Wolfgang Preiser and Jacqueline Vischer, “The Evolution of Performance Evaluation:  An Introduction”, in Assessing Building Performance, Elsevier, 2005, pp. 3-14CH 1
  5. Walter Horn and Ernest Born, "The Dimensional Inconsistencies of the Plan of St. Gall and the Problem of the Scale of the Plan," in Art Bulletin, No.49, 1996, pp. 285-308. 
SESSION # 11 CONTINUE SESSION # 10 Folder READINGS ASSIGNMENT # 11

Readings assignment # 11

  1. Carl Becker, "What is Evidence?" in The Historian as Detective, Robin Winks, ed., Harper, 1968, pp. 1-23. 
  2. Robert W. Marans and Sherry Ahrentzen, “Developments in Research Design, Data Collection and Analysis:  Quantitative Methods”, in Advances in Environment, Behavior, and Design, Vol 1, ed Ervin H. Zube and Gary T. Moore (editors), Plenum Press, 1987, pp. 251-277
SESSION # 12 - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN & GROUNDED THEORY Folder Readings assignemnt # 12

Readings assignment # 12

You may choose either reading materials either 1) general qualitative approach (behavioral, history); or 2) Grounded Theory

I. General

  1. Setha M. Low. ‘Developments in Research Desaign, Data Collection and Analyisis,’ in Advances in Environment, Behavior, and Design, Vol 1, ed Ervin H. Zube and Gary T. Moore (editors), Plenum Press, 1987, pp. 279 – 303. 
  2. James Borchert, "Analysis of Historical Photographs: A Method and a Case Study," in Studies in Visual Communication, Vol.7, Fall 1981, pp. 30- 63.
  3. Bruce Berg, "Unobtrusive Measures" and "Historiography and Oral Traditions" in Qualitative Research Methods, Allyn and Bacon, 1995, pp.141-173. Ch 8 & 9

II. Grounded Theory

  1. Glaser, B. G. and Anselm L. Strauss: The Discovery of Grounded Theory. Strategies for Qualitative Research, Aldine Publishing Company: Chicago 1967, pp. 31-43.
  2. Charmaz, K. Constructing Grounded Theory: Practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis. Sage Publications, 1990, Sage Publicayions, 2006, pp. 5 – 12
  3. Glaser, B. G., ‘Constructivist Grounded Theory?’, Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung. Supplement, No. 19, Grounded Theory Reader(2007), pp. 93-105

SESSION # 13 - RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL Folder Readings assignment # 13

Readings assignment # 13

  1. Howard Becker, "Learning to Write as a Professional," in Writing for Social pages) Scientists, University of Chicago Press, 1986, CH. 5, pp. 90-107.
  2. Robert Armstrong, "The Qualities of a Book, the Wants of a Dissertation," in E. Harman and I. Montagnes, eds., TheThesis and the Book, University of Toronto Press, 1976, pp. 17-27. 
  3. Adam Przeworski and Frank Salomon, On the Art of Writing a Proposal, Social Science Research Council, 1988, pp. 2- 8
  4. 4.     William Germano, "If Dissertations Could Talk, What Would They Say?" in The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 13, 2002, pp. B9-B10. 
  5. Robert Day, "How to Prepare the Abstract," in Howto Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, Oryx, 1994, CH. 6, pp. 29-32.