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Bourke, S.; Hattie, J.; Anderson, L. – International Journal of Educational Research, 2004
This paper investigates relationships between candidate and examiner characteristics, the texts of examiner reports on Ph.D. theses and examiner recommendations made on theses. The data were related to 804 examiner reports on 301 theses submitted at three Australian universities. Thesis topics ranged across ten Broad Fields of Study or discipline…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Graduate Study, Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries
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Smith, Calvin; Bath, Debra – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2006
In this paper we describe a study of learning outcomes at a research-intensive Australian university. Three graduate outcome variables (discipline knowledge and skills, communication and problem solving, and ethical and social sensitivity) are analysed separately using OLS regression and comparisons are made of the patterns of unique contributions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Learning Processes, Predictor Variables
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Patton, Wendy; Creed, Peter A.; Muller, Juanita – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2002
Hypothesized that students who continue full-time study after high school have higher levels of career maturity, psychological well-being, and academic achievement while at school. Surveyed 254 Australian seniors and 132 of these students 9 months after graduation. Found that students who proceeded to full-time further study scored higher in all…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Graduate Study