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Direct linkJowsey, T.; Corter, A.; Thompson, A. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
This study explores the views of doctoral students and supervisors about two doctoral thesis-writing models: the traditional monograph and the thesis that includes published articles in its body. Doctoral theses in biological and health sciences usually follow one of these two common models. Doctoral theses with publications are increasingly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Journal Articles
Peer reviewedCampbell, Nittaya – Journal of Business Communication, 1999
Considers how New Zealand has seen a need for providing readily understandable business and government documents. Reports a psycholinguistic study testing the level of consumer comprehension of bank contracts, and the effect of using plain English to rewrite them. Finds that the most effective means of enhancing comprehension was that which…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Consumer Education, Foreign Countries, Psycholinguistics
Peer reviewedConnor, Ulla – Research in the Teaching of English, 1990
Identifies a set of linguistic/rhetorical measures which were developed to analyze cross-cultural differences in student argumentative/persuasive writing at the same age level. Compares the writing achievement of students from America, England, and New Zealand to test these measures, and contrasts these results with those produced by holistic…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
