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Kandiko Howson, Camille; Kinchin, Ian M.; Gravett, Karen – Education Sciences, 2022
This research used Novakian concept mapping and interview techniques to track changes in knowledge and understanding amongst students and their supervisors in the course of full-time research towards a laboratory science-based PhD. This detailed longitudinal case study analysis measures both cognitive change in the specific subjects that are the…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Doctoral Students, Knowledge Level, Concept Formation
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de Kleijn, Renske A. M.; Meijer, Paulien C.; Brekelmans, Mieke; Pilot, Albert – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
Several researchers have suggested the importance of being responsive to students' needs in research supervision. Adapting support strategies to students' needs in light of the goals of a task is referred to as "adaptivity." In the present study, the practice of adaptivity is explored by interviewing expert thesis supervisors about…
Descriptors: Supervisory Methods, Student Research, Student Needs, Student Characteristics
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Tegegne, Worku Fentie; Gelaneh, Alebachew Hailu – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The objective of the study is to evaluate the mentoring process of the PGDT program which was under the supervision of Jimma University in the regional states of Oromia and SNNP, Ethiopia. The overall intention was to see whether the program was being underway as expected. Because, there was uncertainty regarding the proper running of it as it was…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness