Unless students remedy this habit, a hurricane of confusion, insecurity, stress, and anxiety will proliferate, leaving a trail of destruction behind, which adds up to dissertation failure. Do not let this hurricane overwhelm you and derail your efforts.
Enrolling in a doctorate program as social science researchers is to one day be an independent social science researcher (Doctor). When many hear the word science, this word often generate many images such as heavy math, laboratories, white coats, even thinking about people who dig up old bones, and so on. In reality, science is…
Developing competences therefore require having a set of abilities, skills, expertise for meeting the demands of the dissertation.
Part 1: Many researchers and other academic pundits posited that doctoral students must be self-organizing, create their own learning opportunities, and draw knowledge and wisdom from a wide range of relationships. These relationships include peers, cohorts, friends & family, and collaborators both inside and external to their university. These pundits also found that doctoral students…
Choosing Your Research Methodology There are many types of research methods and designs. Many students get a bit confused between the terms “Research Methodology” and “Research Design”. The first thing to be aware of is that a research methodology is a category of research, of which there are three: (1) Qualitative, (2) Quantitative, and (3)…
Motivation: A person’s motivation for achieving certain goals is affected by personal and by situational factors, including the expected outcome from these actions and their consequences. ~ Dr D. Chris Alleyne Here are this week’s academic tips on paraphrasing. Technique 1 Change your vocabulary. Many students get into plagiarism trouble because of an inability to…
