Constructing a Cognitive Test to Measure Thesis Writing Skills among Physical-Education Postgraduates

Developing and validating a questionnaire to measure university professors’ beliefs regarding plagiarism in thesis writing

Introdoction: Plagiarism in theses has become a prevalent issue in higher education and such an issue has turned to be a matter of concern for educational authorities. To tackle the problem, the very first step is to find out the related influential factors in order to construct a scale so as to investigate the underlying reasons. To this end, the researchers made an attempt to develop a measur...

Improving Undergraduates’ and Postgraduates’ Academic Writing Skills with Strategy Training and Feedback

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Master’s Thesis Writing: Cinderella of Iranian ELT Education

For the vast majority of the Iranian M.A. students of TEFL, thesis writing is the first individual engagement with research. Despite having some pedagogical merits, such an academic activity generally poses some intellectual and affective challenges to such students. During thesis completion, if students are not effectively scaffolded by supervisors and not supported by universities, they are l...

Constructing and Validating a Q-Matrix for Cognitive Diagnostic Analysis of a Reading Comprehension Test Battery

Of paramount importance in the study of cognitive diagnostic assessment (CDA) is the absence of tests developed for small-scale diagnostic purposes. Currently, much of the research carried out has been mainly on large-scale tests, e.g., TOEFL, MELAB, IELTS, etc. Even so, formative language assessment with a focus on informing instruction and engaging in identification of student’s strengths and...

Satisfaction Evaluation of Thesis Fulfillment Process among Genetics Postgraduates of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences: A Survey