Lovitts, Barbara E., 1960-

Making the implicit explicit : creating performance expectations for the dissertation / Barbara E. Lovitts. - xix, 409 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Judging dissertations -- Achieving excellence -- Universal qualities of a dissertation -- Disciplinary approaches to doctoral training and the development of a dissertation -- Converting performance expectations into rubrics -- Conclusions, implications, and recommendations -- The biology dissertation -- The physics dissertation -- The electrical and computer engineering dissertation -- The mathematics dissertation -- The economics dissertation -- The psychology dissertation -- The sociology dissertation -- The English dissertation -- The history dissertation -- The philosophy dissertation -- List of participating universities, deans, coordinators, and facilitators -- Details on the study's methodology. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. App. A. App. B.

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Dissertations, Academic

LB2369 / .L685 2007

378.242