Barbara E Lovitts, Ellen L Wert

Developing Quality Dissertations in the Sciences

A Graduate Student's Guide to Achieving Excellence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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; and the importance of thinking ahead about the components of their dissertation.

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Produktdetails

• Developing Quality Dissertations
• Verlag: Stylus Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 276mm x 207mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 150g
• ISBN-13: 9781579222598
• ISBN-10: 1579222595
• Artikelnr.: 22876854

Autorenporträt

Barbara E. Lovitts is an independent higher education researcher. She was formerly Senior Program Officer in the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education at the National Academy of Engineering, and is the author of Leaving the Ivory Tower: The Causes and Consequences of Departure from Doctoral Study. She has worked at the University of Maryland, the American Institutes for Research, the National Science Foundation, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Ellen L. Wert , a former a program officer at The Pew Charitable Trusts, is a freelance writer and editor who has been involved with national efforts to improve U.S. graduate education for nearly two decades, including Preparing Future Faculty, the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate. and the Survey on Doctoral Education and Career Preparation. Past clients include the American Association for Higher Education, The Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and the Education Policy Institute

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
Preface. To the Faculty
Preface. to the Student
1. Identifying the Purpose of the Dissertation
2. Understanding Originality and Significance
3. Aiming for Excellence in the Dissertation
4. Maintaining Consistent Quality Within the Dissertation
5. Achieving Excellence
Appendix A. Tasks of the Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Division
Appendix B. Advice for Writing a Science, Engineering, or Mathematics Dissertation
Making the Implicit Explicit. About the Study
About the Authors.