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Informationen zum Autor About the Author: Barbara E. Lovitts is Leyzor and Chaya's great-great-granddaughter. She holds a Ph.D in sociology and spent her career working in the field of education, pre-K to Ph.D, at national science associations, the federal government, nonprofits, and research organizations in Washington, DC. For eight years, she devoted her free time to doing genealogy and to writing the history of the maternal line of her family. Klappentext This book and the groundbreaking study on which it is based is about making explicit to doctoral students the tacit "rules" for the assessment of the final of all final educational products-the dissertation. Zusammenfassung This book and the groundbreaking study on which it is based is about making explicit to doctoral students the tacit “rules” for the assessment of the final of all final educational products—the dissertation. Inhaltsverzeichnis List Of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One. The Dissertation And Its Assessment 1. Judging Dissertations; 2. Achieving Excellence ; 3. Universal Qualities Of A Dissertation ; 4. Disciplinary Approaches To Doctoral Training And The Development Of A Dissertation ; 5. Converting Performance Expectations Into Rubrics ; 6. Conclusions, Implications, And Recommendations; Part Two. The Disciplines 7. The Biology Dissertation; 8. The Physics Dissertation; 9. The Electrical And Computer Engineering Dissertation; 10. The Mathematics Dissertation; 11. The Economics Dissertation; 12. The Psychology Dissertation; 13. The Sociology Dissertation; 14. The English Dissertation; 15. The History Dissertation; 16. The Philosophy Dissertation; Appendix A. List Of Participating Universities, Dean, Coordinators, And Facilitators; Appendix B. Details On The Study's Methodology; References; Index; About The Author.
