Writing your doctoral dissertation - part 31 pot

... the Doctoral Dissertation Anzul, M.E. (n.d.) On writing a dissertation proposal, Madison, NJ: Quest Associates. Becker, H.S. (1986) Writing for social scientists: How to start and finish your thesis, ... (1998) Writing your dissertation in fifteen minutes a day: A guide to starting, revising, and finishing your doctoral thesis, New York: Henry Holt and Company. Cone, J....

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... what it’s like. To facilitate your understanding, we will look at the metaphors which pepper the conversations of doctoral students. Metaphors for Dissertation Writing Dissertation writers frequently ... this process, the gardener /dissertation writer becomes more knowledgeable and more adept at growing /writing. This metaphor suggests an optimistic stance on writing a dissertat...

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... likely Identifying your dissertation topic 41 Collaborating with Student-colleagues Collaboration can take several forms. You could restrict your group to include only student-colleagues who are in your program, ... process of dissertation writing will enable you to take charge of this activity in your life. Creating a Setting for Working on Your Dissertation While there are...

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... Commitment to your Dissertation Work When you form your dissertation committee, you are tacitly committing to writing your dissertation and to completing your doctoral work. And this is a two-way relationship. ... to Work with Your Committee The relationship between you and your dissertation committee is perhaps the most significant factor in your completion of the...

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... student, cognizant of your commitment to doing your dissertation. If you absent yourself from the academic community without explaining your new pressures, they may take you and your work less seriously, ... of one of your readers to relocate. It might be that there is a fire in your office where you keep all of your dissertation materials. It might be that the dissertation...

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... should revise your questions, your methodology, and your strategies for data collection. When analyzing your data you are guided by the research processes you identified in your dissertation proposal. ... and processing your data, explaining your procedures and your rationale for choosing these strategies. You also have to deal with the credibility of your findings, explai...

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... Writing your dissertation proposal 101 Figure 10.1 Sample table of contents for a dissertation proposal Source: Levine ( 1993) Writing your dissertation proposal 102 To ... understand the contents of dissertation proposals, carefully study at least two dissertation proposals for studies somewhat similar to your own. Your chair may be able to facilitate your access to t...

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... students reading a Writing your dissertation proposal 108 LIMITATIONS Regardless of how carefully you plan your study, there will be “limitations” on the generalizability of your findings to other ... leaving you with no participants. When considering the number of initial participants, you may want to contemplate the possibility that drop-outs from your study may decrease your...

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... References 159 Masters, L. (1997) “Peer interactions in the context of college peer tutoring,” draft of a doctoral dissertation, Fordham University. Menand, L. (1996) “How to make a Ph.D. matter,” The New York ... Education, October 31, A12. New York Times, The (1997) “Student wins suit accusing a professor of plagiarism,” September 24, A25. Olson, G.A. and Drew, J. (1998) “(Re)reenvisio...

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... many dimensions of the doctoral process, particularly focusing on the writing of the doctoral dissertation. While the primary goal in writing this book is to help current doctoral students to survive and ... settings for students and the academic community- at-large. While the primary audience for Writing your Doctoral Dissertation is current students, doctoral students...

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