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The Relation between Feedback Perceptions and the Supervisor-Student Relationship in Master's Thesis Projects
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de Kleijn, Renske A. M.; Meijer, Paulien C.; Pilot, Albert; Brekelmans, Mieke – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
Research supervision can be investigated from social-emotional and cognitive perspectives, but most studies include only one perspective. This study aims to understand the interplay between a social-emotional (supervisor-student relationship) and cognitive (feedback) perspective on the outcomes of master's thesis supervision in specific, by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Masters Theses, Graduate Students
Understanding the Up, Back, and Forward-Component in Master's Thesis Supervision with Adaptivity
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de Kleijn, Renske A. M.; Bronkhorst, Larike H.; Meijer, Paulien C.; Pilot, Albert; Brekelmans, Mieke – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Despite the importance of goals in educational theories, goals in master's thesis projects are rarely investigated. Therefore, this study explores how goals play a role in master's thesis supervision in terms of: defining the goals (up-component); locating where the student stands in relation to the goals (back-component); and how the student can…
Descriptors: Masters Theses, Supervision, Educational Objectives, Student Educational Objectives
Master's Thesis Supervision: Relations between Perceptions of the Supervisor-Student Relationship, Final Grade, Perceived Supervisor Contribution to Learning and Student Satisfaction
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de Kleijn, Renske A. M.; Mainhard, M. Tim; Meijer, Paulien C.; Pilot, Albert; Brekelmans, Mieke – Studies in Higher Education, 2012
Master's thesis supervision is a complex task given the two-fold goal of the thesis (learning and assessment). An important aspect of supervision is the supervisor-student relationship. This quantitative study (N = 401) investigates how perceptions of the supervisor-student relationship are related to three dependent variables: final grade,…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Student Attitudes, Supervisors, Masters Theses
Curricular Goals and Personal Goals in Master's Thesis Projects: Dutch Student-Supervisor Dyads
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de Kleijn, Renske A. M.; Meijer, Paulien C.; Brekelmans, Mieke; Pilot, Albert – International Journal of Higher Education, 2013
To be effective, feedback should be goal-related. In order to better understand goal-related feedback in Master's thesis projects, the present study explores the goals of supervisors and students in supervision dyads and similarities and differences within and between these dyads. Twelve supervisors and students were interviewed, and their goals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Theses, Goal Orientation, Supervisors
Adaptive Research Supervision: Exploring Expert Thesis Supervisors' Practical Knowledge
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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