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Developing Quality Dissertations in the Social Sciences

Author : Barbara E. Lovitts
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000978966
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Developing Quality Dissertations in the Social Sciences written by Barbara E. Lovitts and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of three short booklets designed to be given to graduate students as they begin their studies. They explain the purposes of the dissertation and the criteria by which it will be assessed. They help students understand the context of their course work; the need to take an active role in shaping their studies; and the importance of thinking ahead about the components of the dissertation and the quality of scholarship they will need to demonstrate.These booklets are intended to support the dissertation research and writing process by providing faculty and advisors with guidelines for setting clear expectations for student performance, and with a model for helping students produce the desired quality of work. They encourage dialogue between faculty and students about the quality of the components of their dissertation project. They include rubrics that students can use to self-assess their work and that can aid faculty in providing focused feedback.Setting explicit targets and benchmarks of excellence of the sort advocated in these booklets will enable departments and universities to respond to demands for accountability with clear criteria for, and evidence of, success; and will raise the overall quality of student performance.

Developing Quality Dissertations in the Humanities

Author : Barbara E. Lovitts
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000976904
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Developing Quality Dissertations in the Humanities written by Barbara E. Lovitts and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of three short booklets designed to be given to graduate students as they begin their studies. These booklets explain the purposes of the dissertation and the criteria by which it will be assessed. They help students understand the context of their course work; the need to take an active role in shaping their studies; and the importance of thinking ahead about the components of the dissertation and the quality of scholarship they will need to demonstrate.These booklets are intended to support the dissertation research and writing process by providing faculty and advisors with guidelines for setting clear expectations for student performance, and with a model for helping students produce the desired quality of work. They encourage dialogue between faculty and students about the quality of the components of their dissertation project. They include rubrics that students can use to self-assess their work and that can aid faculty in providing focused feedback.Setting explicit targets and benchmarks of excellence of the sort advocated in these booklets will enable departments and universities to respond to demands for accountability with clear criteria for, and evidence of, success; and will raise the overall quality of student performance.

Developing Quality Dissertations in the Sciences

Author : Barbara E. Lovitts
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100097992X
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Developing Quality Dissertations in the Sciences by : Barbara E. Lovitts

Download or read book Developing Quality Dissertations in the Sciences written by Barbara E. Lovitts and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of three short booklets designed to be given to graduate students as they begin their studies. They explain the purposes of the dissertation and the criteria by which it will be assessed. They help students understand the context of their course work; the need to take an active role in shaping their studies; and the importance of thinking ahead about the components of the dissertation and the quality of scholarship they will need to demonstrate.These booklets are intended to support the dissertation research and writing process by providing faculty and advisors with guidelines for setting clear expectations for student performance, and with a model for helping students produce the desired quality of work. They encourage dialogue between faculty and students about the quality of the components of their dissertation project. They include rubrics that students can use to self-assess their work and that can aid faculty in providing focused feedback.Setting explicit targets and benchmarks of excellence of the sort advocated in these booklets will enable departments and universities to respond to demands for accountability with clear criteria for, and evidence of, success; and will raise the overall quality of student performance.

Making the Implicit Explicit

Author : Barbara E. Lovitts
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100097734X
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Making the Implicit Explicit written by Barbara E. Lovitts and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite their and other stakeholders’ consistent demand for excellence, doctoral programs have rarely, if ever, been assessed in terms of the quality of the dissertations departments produce. Yet dissertations provide the most powerful, objective measure of the success of a department’s doctoral program. Indeed, assessment, when done properly, can help departments achieve excellence by providing insight into a program’s strengths and weaknesses.This book and the groundbreaking study on which it is based is about making explicit to doctoral students the tacit “rules” for the assessment of the final of all final educational products—the dissertation. The purpose of defining performance expectations is to make them more transparent to graduate students while they are in the researching and writing phases, and thus to help them achieve to higher levels of accomplishment. Lovitts proposes the use of rubrics to clarify performance expectations–not to rate dissertations or individual components of dissertations to provide a summary score, but to facilitate formative assessment to support, not substitute for, the advising process. She provides the results of a study in which over 270 faculty from ten major disciplines—spanning the sciences, social sciences, and humanities—were asked to make explicit their implicit standards or criteria for evaluating dissertations. The book concludes with a summary of the practical and research implications for different stakeholders: faculty, departments, universities, disciplinary associations, accrediting organizations, and doctoral students themselves.The methods described can easily be adapted for the formative assessment of capstone courses, senior and master’s theses, comprehensive exams, papers, and journal articles.

Becoming a Social Science Researcher

Author : Bruce Parrott
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472221086
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book Becoming a Social Science Researcher written by Bruce Parrott and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming a Social Science Researcher is designed to help aspiring social scientists, including credentialed scholars, understand the formidable complexities of the research process. Instead of explaining specific research techniques, it concentrates on the philosophical, sociological, and psychological dimensions of social research. These dimensions have received little coverage in guides written for social science researchers, but they are arguably even more important than particular analytical techniques. Truly sophisticated social science scholarship requires that researchers understand the intellectual and social contexts in which they collect and interpret information. While social science training in US graduate schools has become more systematic over the past two decades, graduate training and published guidance still fall short in addressing this fundamental need.

Writing a Successful Thesis Or Dissertation

Author : Fred C. Lunenburg
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 141294225X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Writing a Successful Thesis Or Dissertation written by Fred C. Lunenburg and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive manual offers direction for every step of the thesis or dissertation process, from choosing an appropriate topic to adapting the finished work for publication.

An Innovative Performance Measurement System & Sustainability

Author : Habib Zaman Khan
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819768438
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book An Innovative Performance Measurement System & Sustainability written by Habib Zaman Khan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Writing Successful Undergraduate Dissertations in Social Sciences

Author : Francis Jegede
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100003366X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing Successful Undergraduate Dissertations in Social Sciences written by Francis Jegede and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide for students undertaking their dissertation, Writing Successful Undergraduate Dissertations in Social Sciences uses a mixture of exercises, strategies, case study material and further reading to give hints and tips on beginning and managing a research project and working with supervisors. Providing an accessible overview of the essential steps in conducting research and writing dissertations, this fully updated edition contains new sections on: • The varied sources of support for students and how to make use of them • The use of modern technologies, and digital platforms in data collection, storage and processing • The important issues relating to ethnographic and feminist research • How to publish through peer review publications or using self-publishing platforms • The General Data Protection Regulation and legal issues relating to collection, storage and use of personal data • The skills that students have acquired through writing dissertations and how those skills could become useful for future career and employability • How students can relate their dissertations to existing theories and concepts in social sciences that relate to their dissertation. Packed with proven practical advice from ‘real-life’ data, case studies and examples, Writing Successful Undergraduate Dissertations in Social Sciences is an essential and dependable starting point and guide for any student beginning their dissertation journey in the social sciences.

Planning Your Research And How To Write It

Author : Abdul Aziz Nather
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814651060
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Planning Your Research And How To Write It written by Abdul Aziz Nather and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical guide for residents and young researchers who are planning to embark on research. It details the significant planning one must first do including choosing a suitable experienced clinician as a supervisor, sourcing for a 'winning idea' with significant clinical impact, performing a proper review of literature, defining clearly the objectives to be set and adopting the appropriate methodology. Statistical evaluation must be done from the start of the research to define adequate sample size and also for evaluation of the results. It also advises how one should draw upon relevant and appropriate conclusions from the results obtained.The ethics of research is also discussed. An all-important factor in research is the procurement of research grants. Readers are guided how to write a proper research proposal to secure these much needed grants.Many research papers end up as presentations only in local or international conferences. An important additional objective of this book is to guide young researchers how to write their finished product — as a publication in an important international, refereed journal or as a thesis. Chapters have been specially written with tips for scientific writing, selecting the right journal, writing for an original article for a journal, a review article, a case report as well as for a thesis. Tips are also written on what reviewers of a journal look for in an article as well as what examiners look for in a thesis.

Doing Your Social Science Dissertation

Author : Judith Burnett
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1412931134
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Doing Your Social Science Dissertation written by Judith Burnett and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2009-06-04 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judith Burnett helps students to rise to the dissertation challenge, making the most of the opportunities which a dissertation offers and overcoming the obstacles to successful completion. This book takes students through the process of doing a dissertation from turning the raw ideas into a research question, designing the research project, choosing appropriate methods, developing a research proposal, planning and executing the project, working with data, writing up, and preparing the work for presentation.

New Perspective and Insights on Business Model Innovation using Systems Thinking and Action Case Studies

Author : Bastian Halecker
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3736982887
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (369 download)

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Book Synopsis New Perspective and Insights on Business Model Innovation using Systems Thinking and Action Case Studies by : Bastian Halecker

Download or read book New Perspective and Insights on Business Model Innovation using Systems Thinking and Action Case Studies written by Bastian Halecker and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 20th century, the dominance of firms in a market was based mainly on scale and large resources (George & Bock 2011). In contrast, firm success in the 21st century is influenced less by arguments about economies of scale in production and distribution (McQuivey 2013; Jin Zhang et al. 2015). It has become more important to explore novel ways of engaging customers and getting them to pay (Baden-Fuller & Mangematin 2015). This is the age of the customer, and customers alone dominate the purpose of business (e.g., Morris et al. 2005; Johnson et al. 2008).

Making Your Doctoral Research Project Ambitious

Author : Nadia Siddiqui
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000572633
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Making Your Doctoral Research Project Ambitious written by Nadia Siddiqui and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-04-25 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the doctoral dissertation process as not just a way of getting a qualification or even a method of learning how to do research better, but as a substantial and significant piece of research in its own right. The book will inspire current and prospective PhD scholars to take up ambitious and large-scale study projects, dedicating this most important time to a worthy piece of research. This edited collection provides real and outstanding examples of multiple research design methodologies which will allow doctoral researchers to develop a wide set of research skills, leading to the development of a high-quality academic thesis from which peer reviewed research papers and books can emerge. Each main chapter presents the summary of a doctoral thesis, followed by focused aspects from the projects where the contributors highlight the development of a research design, the process involved in executing the design, and present selected findings with their implications. Each chapter concludes with the researchers’ experiences of learning through this journey and the implications of the process for the development of the discipline and their own career. Ideal reading for doctoral students and supervisors, this book is a source of encouragement and motivation for new researchers seeking to challenge general perceptions in the social sciences that PhD or other doctoral research projects must be small-scale rather trivial studies, but can instead produce robust findings that have real-world implications.

The Elements of Inquiry

Author : Peter J. Burke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351111051
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book The Elements of Inquiry written by Peter J. Burke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Elements of Inquiry covers the basic guidelines for graduate students doing an investigation or inquiry project. It distils the rubrics necessary for teaching research methods and completing research projects, and gives the student researcher a list of steps to follow to complete any type of inquiry project – including formal research projects such as doctoral dissertations. It was written to support the work of students in an educational leadership doctoral program, but it will also assist the research efforts of college students at any level in any discipline. The book begins by establishing the underlying philosophical concepts upon which all good research is based, preparing students to get down to the "nuts and bolts" of conducting their own research and evaluating the research of others. Fundamental concepts and rules of research are explained both for producers and consumers of social science and educational research. Numerous practical examples illustrate the steps in the research process presented in the text. There are end-of-chapter exercises for students to apply the concepts discussed in the chapter. Templates for organizing and presenting research provide students with a game plan for success with their research. The book ends with an up-to-date annotated bibliography of beginning and advanced research texts allowing students easy access to books that detail the more specialized research topics. While most research books detail one or more method in depth, this text provides a broad introduction to many techniques and models used in doctoral dissertations, and will be of particular value to those who are consumers of inquiry studies and research reports. Key to the overview provided is the annotated bibliography that leads the reader to the next stage of understanding or doing research.

Demystifying Dissertation Writing

Author : Peg Boyle Single
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000979873
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Demystifying Dissertation Writing written by Peg Boyle Single and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research shows that five strategies correlate with the successful completion of a dissertation:·Establishing a consistent writing routine·Working with a support group·Consulting your advisor·Understanding your committee’s expectations·Setting a realistic and timely scheduleBuilding on these insights, this book is for anyone who needs help in preparing for, organizing, planning, scheduling, and writing the longest sustained writing project they have encountered, particularly if he or she is not receiving sufficient guidance about the process, but also for anyone looking to boost his or her writing productivity.The author uncovers much tacit knowledge, provides advice on working with dissertation advisors and committee members, presents proven techniques for the prewriting and writing stages of the dissertation, sets out a system for keeping on schedule, and advocates enlisting peer support. As Peg Boyle Single states, “my goal is quite simple and straightforward: for you to experience greater efficiency and enjoyment while writing. If you experience anxiety, blocking, impatience, perfectionism or procrastination when you write, then this system is for you. I want you to be able to complete your writing so that you can move on with the rest of your life.” Few scholars, let alone graduate students, have been taught habits of writing fluency and productivity. The writing skills imparted by this book will not only help the reader through the dissertation writing process, but will serve her or him in whatever career she or he embarks on, given the paramount importance of written communication, especially in the academy. This book presents a system of straightforward and proven techniques that are used by productive writers, and applies them to the dissertation process. In particular, it promotes the concept of writing networks – whether writing partners or groups – to ensure that writing does not become an isolated and tortured process, while not hiding the need for persistence and sustained effort.This book is intended for graduate students and their advisers in the social sciences, the humanities, and professional fields. It can further serve as a textbook for either informal writing groups led by students or for formal writing seminars offered by departments or graduate colleges. The techniques described will help new faculty advice their students more effectively and even achieve greater fluency in their own writing.

Four Decades of Research in Science Education - from Curriculum Development to Quality Improvement

Author : Silke Mikelskis-Seifert
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3830970188
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Four Decades of Research in Science Education - from Curriculum Development to Quality Improvement written by Silke Mikelskis-Seifert and published by Waxmann Verlag. This book was released on with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Research and Development, a 16-year Compendium (1963-78)

Author : United States. Employment and Training Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Research and Development, a 16-year Compendium (1963-78) written by United States. Employment and Training Administration and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA. Directory, research and development in labour market, vocational training, employment, etc., 1963 to 1978.

A Practical Guide to Dissertation and Thesis Writing

Author : Ian Smith
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527538761
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book A Practical Guide to Dissertation and Thesis Writing written by Ian Smith and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a step-by-step guide to writing the different chapters of a PhD dissertation, which will benefit aspiring, beginner and mid-track PhD students and candidates in the Social Sciences. Based on the authors’ combined experience of working with both Masters and PhD students through the dissertation writing process, it offers helpful writing guidelines, from the conceptualization and problematization of the dissertation through to the literature review, methodological issues, writing up results and, finally, to the discussion, conclusions and abstract writing process. With chapters dedicated to offering guidelines, suggestions and pitfalls to watch out for, this book will assist PhD students and candidates in the fields of the various Social Sciences with exercises and pointers on successfully navigating the writing of a PhD dissertation. It takes the PhD student in the Social Sciences through the maze of writing a dissertation, and provides a step-by-step train of thought throughout the entire writing process.