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Direct linkFilippou, Kalypso; Kallo, Johanna; Mikkilä-Erdmann, Mirjamaija – Teaching in Higher Education, 2021
This paper provides insights into thesis supervisors' perceptions of the supervisory relationship and process in English-medium international master's degree programmes (IMDPs). It contributes to the field of supervisory pedagogy in a master's level education by examining how supervisors perceive their supervisory practices and what they consider…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Supervision, Supervisors, Graduate Students
Exploring Student Engagement with Supervisor Feedback on Master's Thesis: Insights from a Case Study
Zheng, Yao; Yu, Shulin; Wang, Bo; Zhang, Yiran – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2020
This case study shows how three Master's students engage affectively, behaviourally and cognitively with supervisor feedback on thesis drafts. The data sources are students' drafts, supervisor's oral and written feedback, and student interviews. Six themes of student engagement are identified in the data, namely (1) "gaining reassurance from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Feedback (Response)
Ferreira-Meyers, Karen – Perspectives in Education, 2022
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions have been concerned about their Master and doctoral students, in particular how and when they would be able to continue and complete their research activities and dissertations. Scholars have noted the potential deterioration in the quality of research projects for a variety…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Students, Supervision, COVID-19
Download full textÖztürk, Yusuf; Tasçi, Samet – rEFLections, 2023
This study was conducted to examine the lexical bundles used by nonnative speakers of English and explore any potential L1 influence on L2 lexical bundle use. Following a corpus-based approach, the frequency and types of English four-word lexical bundles in the postgraduate academic writing of Turkish and American students were analyzed, and the…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Native Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Shahsavar, Zahra; Kourepaz, Haniyeh – Cogent Education, 2020
This study set out to identify postgraduates' problems in writing their theses literature review section. We adopted the exploratory sequential mixed method design. In the quantitative part, we applied descriptive analysis to evaluate 40 completed master theses based on the Akindele's (2008) guideline. In the qualitative part, 10 postgraduate…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Theses, Literature Reviews, Critical Thinking
Chakravarty, Rupak – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2019
ETDs are the Swiss-army-knife which has unearthed the shades of grey by bringing forth the until now hidden research to the forefront of the world. ETDs powered by open source software like DSpace, EPrints build up information ecosystem for effective storage and retrieval of theses and dissertations which take years of hard work to culminate. Such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Publishing, Masters Theses, Doctoral Dissertations
Xue, Mei; Saffari, Narges; Motevalli, Saeid – English Language Teaching, 2022
This paper reviews the literature on English for Specific Purposes (ESP) research in 15 CSSCI foreign language journals in China's CNKI database over the last two decades. The data have been quantified and visualized with Citespace. This paper analyzes research advances and themes, and then puts forward suggestions based on the current situation…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Masters Theses
Gomes Junior, José Carmino; Dalila Corbari, Sandra; Kniess, Cláudia Terezinha; Nogueira da Silva, Gérsica Moraes; Piontkewicz, Simone Caroline; de Souza Melo, Maiara; Silveira Carbone, Amanda; Mantovaneli, Oklinger, Jr.; Martins Sobral, Maria do Carmo; Philippi Junior, Arlindo; Fernandez, Felipe; de Aguiar Dutra, Ana Regina; Birch, Robert Samuel; Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade; Sampaio, Carlos Alberto Cioce – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aim to propose a methodological mapping approach for the evaluation of dissertations and theses of graduate programs in the area of environmental sciences in Brazil in relation to the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach: The research is characterized as exploratory with qualitative/quantitative…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Well Being, Correlation
Hajar, Anas; Mhamed, Ali Ait Si – Tertiary Education and Management, 2021
With the growth of English medium instruction (EMI) on a global level, the number of multilingual students writing their master's theses in English is increasing. However, research on students' experiences of writing them in English in non-English speaking contexts is scarce. This paper reports on the challenges and strategic learning efforts of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Experience, Masters Theses, Writing (Composition)
Karagöz, Beytullah; Seref, Izzet – Open Journal for Educational Research, 2021
The aim of present study is to examine the intellectual structure of the reference lists of postgraduate theses on mobile learning in Turkey. In this research, 88 postgraduate theses indexed in the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education were examined. According to the obtained findings, it was determined that the most theses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Degrees, Masters Theses, Citations (References)
Karagoz, Beytullah – Online Submission, 2021
The aim of this research is to examine postgraduate theses carried out on digital story in the field of education in Turkey with content and citation analysis. Methodological evaluation and citation analysis techniques were used in the research. In the research, 68 postgraduate theses accessed on the National Thesis Centre of the Council of Higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Masters Theses, Doctoral Dissertations
Ovigli, Daniel Fernando Bovolenta; Colombo, Pedro Donizete, Jr. – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2020
The last forty years have seen significant growth in the area of research in science education in Brazil. Faced with the volume of academic output, studies that present a descriptive character are necessary. However, "states of knowledge surveys" are still rarely found in the field of science education. In this context, the objective of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Museums, Educational Technology
Bednarek, Mariusz; Buczacki, Aleksander; Bielakowski, Lukasz; Gladysz, Bartlomiej; Bryke, Mariusz – Education Sciences, 2020
The article elaborates upon a successful model of postgraduate studies on lean manufacturing. The subject of the research was nine editions of the Kaizen Academy postgraduate studies organized by the Warsaw University of Technology and the Kaizen Institute in the years 2009-2018, that still enjoys interest in the market. A detailed qualitative…
Descriptors: Program Administration, Graduate Study, Comparative Analysis, Program Evaluation
Koskenoja, Mika – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2019
Mathematics and statistics major master graduates of a Finnish university answered a questionnaire about the master thesis process. Their response was analyzed to find connections of the topic and supervisor selection to the factors supporting and preventing the master thesis progress. Certainty of the thesis topic and of selecting a supervisor…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Theses, Mathematics, Statistics
Bayona-Oré, Sussy – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2021
Although thesis supervision has been widely studied, little is known about supervisors' performance dimensions and thesis development from a quantitative perspective. For this reason, this research aims to analyse the relationship between thesis development and supervisors' performances according to the perceptions of postgraduate students. A…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Theses, Supervision, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
