Constructing a taxonomy to support multi-document summarization of dissertation abstracts

INTRODUCTION Automatic summarization has attracted much attention both in the research community and busi- ness community as a solution for reducing informa- tion overload and helping users scan a large number of documents to identify documents of interest. A multi-document summary has several advantages over the single-document summary—it provides an integrated overview of a document set indicating common information across many documents, unique information in each document, and cross-d…     

Independent inquiry and the undergraduate dissertation: perceptions and experiences of final‐year social science students

This article reports on findings from a research project that investigated the experiences and perceptions of final‐year social science undergraduates enrolled on a dissertation module in a post‐1992 UK university. The dissertation was designed to provide students with the opportunity to function autonomously and determine the content and focus of a major part of their study and assessment. Using data from interviews and questionnaires, the article explores the students’ lived experience of the dissertation as a form of independent learning and assessment, the challenges they encountered, and their perceptions of peer and tutor support. While students valued the autonomy, authenticity, and ownership they felt in relation to their dissertation, they also experienced considerable ­challenges, particularly in relation to ‘time’.     

关于师范院校教育课程改革的试验及初期效果

本主要论述了高师教育程改革的必要性,改革设想,初步试验情况和试验结果,它是“面向21世纪师专教育课程体系研究”课题的一个组成部分,对于高等师范院校教学改革具有重要参考价值。     

学位论文的选题及其设计方法初探——基于三篇全国"百篇优博"论文的实证分析

学位论文是进行学术测量和学术创新的主要形式,与其它形式的学术成果不同,学位论文的主要特征在于其选题要具有十分明确的问题意识。问题意识是联结学位论文假设、论证和结论的无形纽带,是学位论文的生命和灵魂。在学位论文研究设计的每一个部分,应处处体现论文选题的问题意识。     

经济管理类本科生毕业论文存在的问题及对策

毕业论文是经济管理类学科实现培养目标的重要教学环节。文章分析了目前经济管理类本科生毕业论文中存在的问题及其原因,提出了提高毕业论文质量的若干对策与建议。     

做好学位论文开题报告与文献综述的步骤与方法

详细讲述了完成学位论文开题报告和文献综述的主要步骤和方法,认为主要步骤有初定学位论文研究方向及题目、国内外相关文献调研、确定论文题目及研究内容、总结研究特色与创新点、论文研究方法和技术路线、规划预期成果、安排论文工作时间.同时指出充足的时间、有效的方法、老师的指导、院系及学校的督导和管理是毕业生较好完成学位论文开题报告与文献综述的条件和保障.     

艺术设计专业毕业论文写作常见的问题及对策

艺术设计专业大学生毕业论文写作是高校设计教育教学工作的重要环节。本文讨论了艺术设计专业毕业论文写作中常见的问题。提出了相应的解决对策。     

马克思主义的人性论对教育的启示

马克思对人性问题的论述是按三分法分析的,即人是有生理、社会属性和理智本性。而人的理智特性即人的自由自觉的活动则是人性的最突出表现。马克思关于人性的哲学对现代教育有着重大的指导作用。     

Factors related to doctoral dissertation topic selection

Although the completed doctoral dissertation represents the culmination of a doctoral program, is often published in journal articles, and serves as the foundation of the early research career of the author, the dissertation has received relatively little attention as a subject of research in its own right. To learn more about how students select their dissertation topics, all doctoral graduates of a major midwestern research university over the one year period from spring quarter, 1986, through winter quarter, 1987, were surveyed. Results indicate that a number of factors influence the selection of a dissertation topic, but not surprisingly the most important is the student's own preference. The factors affecting the choice of topics include the preference of the adviser, trends in the field, the likelihood that the research will be published, and the projected benefit of the research on the student's job prospects. The importance of the factors vary by field and in some cases by gender. When students select their topic and the extent to which the adviser and dissertation committees are responsive to the student also vary by field.     

也谈学术论文的创新

创新是学术论文的本质内涵与内在诉求、学术成果成立的前提以及学术价值的核心所在。学术论文要创新,必须明确学术论文的标准与特性;勤于治学,眼光敏锐;心戒浮躁,厚职薄发;献身学术,不沽名钓誉。另外,也需宽松的政治环境与自由探索的氛围。     

A Case for an Alternative Format for the Thesis/Dissertation

This paper proposes an alternative format for reporting thesis/dissertation research that should lead to more rapid publication of quality research. The purposes of the thesis/dissertation and characteristics and limitations of the traditional thesis/dissertation format are reviewed. This is followed by a discussion of the advantages of the alternative format in overcoming the shortcomings of the conventional style. Finally, the sections of the alternative format are presented with examples of where appropriate materials are placed.     

通过产学合作提高毕业设计质量

毕业设计是高等学校人才培养过程中重要的教学、实践环节,是教学、科研与社会实践的紧密结合点.五邑大学近几年的实践证明,通过产学合作教育模式指导学生进行毕业设计,对于提高毕业设计的质量,提高学生的综合能力和全面素质具有重要意义.     

《论衡》新兴语气副词描写

《论衡》是中国哲学史上的一部奇书，在汉语发展史上也占有重要的地位。其中一些词语与口语较为接近，能够较真实地反映当时的语言面貌，是研究东汉语言的很好的材料。副词是汉语词汇的一个重要类别，一直是语言研究的一个热点。文章以《论衡》中的新兴语气副词为对象，来描写和分析它的使用情况。     

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: PART 2, THE QUANTITATIVE DISSERTATION: FORM AND SUBSTANCE

This is the second in a three‐part series of papers concerning dissertation research. In this paper, the elements of quantitative dissertations are identified for analysis and subsequent discussion. Dissertation research should provide the researcher the opportunity to become another example of the generative, creative, and inventive capacity of mankind to be liberated for a period of time from the immediate in order to extend his or her own thoughts forward toward whatever future may be permitted. Dissertation research should provide the reader an opportunity to extend and expand his realm of thought apart from an imposed or artificial conformity to form.     

The Experience of Disseminating the Results of Doctoral Research

Postgraduate study is something of growth industry with, worldwide, a substantial increase in the number of courses offered and students enrolled (Kerlin, 1995). A substantial part of the requirements for the successful completion of a research degree is that the research conducted should be in some way original and also make a worthwhile contribution to knowledge. Given these requirements it would be expected that the dissemination of the results of the research should be a routine part of the process of postgraduate study and its aftermath. However, it would seem that this is not the case and that the progression from completed dissertation to publication is not the universal experience. Certainly, those publications which deal with 'how to' get a research degree rarely if ever specifically address the issue of dissemination at any length. One would assume that supervisors of postgraduate research would see advice about the matter as one of their duties but it is not at all obvious whether this is the case. This article reports the results of two international studies of the experience of 'doing the degree' conducted with samples of 139 and 53 doctoral holders. Specifically, it concentrates on the participants' experiences of disseminating, or otherwise, the results of their research.     

Just a little story: the use of stories to aid reflection on teaching in higher education

In the context of teaching in higher education story writing as an aid to reflection on practice would seem to be a little-used research tool. We examine its value as part of an action research project focusing on dissertation supervision, in which five lecturers were invited to write stories on this theme. The ways in which this dimension was introduced into the project are explored, and its distinctive contribution to the research, together with the use of interviews and group discussion, is discussed. We consider the purposes of story writing within action research, and the ways in which it might benefit both writer and readers, and offer suggestions for how others might develop this aspect of action research into teaching in higher education.     

博士学位论文双盲评阅风险分析

在现行博士学位论文评阅制度下,博士论文双盲评阅主要面临两类风险:一类是将合格的论文评审为不合格论文,另一类是将不合格论文评审为通过。基于专家评阅水平和博士学位论文的质量水平,建立了博士论文双盲评阅风险与评阅专家数量、评阅通过规则之间的关系模型。最后,通过运用模型进行计算分析,得出了不同假设情况下两类风险水平的变化规律。     

从学位论文参考文献的引用现状看本科生科研素养——以T校英语专业为例

参考文献的引用和著录是学位论文的重要组成部分,规范运用参考文献的引用和著录。可以体现作者严谨求实的科研素养。以T校英语专业近三届的优秀学位论文为研究对象,通过对文后参考文献的“权威”度、“广”度、“鲜”度和“精”度四大特点进行统计处理,发现参考文献引用类型集中、质量较低、部分著录不规范等问题,并提出一些相应措施促进参考文献的引用逐步走向规范化,以期进一步提高毕业论文质量和本科生的科研素养。     

Creativity in the training and practice of instructional designers: the Design/Creativity Loops model

This article presents a discussion of research and theoretical perspectives on creativity and instructional design, offering a conceptual model of the connection between these two constructs that was originally proposed in the dissertation work of the first author (Clinton, Creativity and design: A study of the learning experience of instructional design and development graduate students, Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia, Athens, 2007) and that we call the Design/Creativity Loops (DCL) model. Central to the model is a representation of the iterative, looping problem-solving cycle that can include established stages of creative thinking. As an instructional designer is routinely confronted with the next task or design problem in a project, these tasks or problems spawn iterative mental excursions that are opportunities for creative thinking. This article also explores ways that the design and development process can benefit from an emphasis on creativity and offers suggested directions for future research.