'It's a PhD, not a Nobel Prize': How experienced examiners assess research theses
Abstract
Research to date on the examination process for postgraduate research theses has focused largely on the deconstruction of examiners' reports. This article reports on a study of the processes that experienced examiners go through, and the judgements they make before writing their reports. A sample of 30 experienced examiners (defined as having examined the equivalent of at least five research theses over the last five years), from a range of...
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Title
'It's a PhD, not a Nobel Prize': How experienced examiners assess research theses
Published Date
Oct 1, 2002
Journal
Volume
27
Issue
4
Pages
369 - 386
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