The discourse on online collaborative learning in thesis writing has received less attention despite numerous studies which explored the milieu. Hence, this study aimed to fathom Online Collaborative Learning (OCL) experiences undergraduate of Bachelor Arts Communication and English Language students a prime state university Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. Notably, focused studen...

This paper summarises the research problem that the PhD thesis I am currently writing addresses. It presents an overview of the thesis, its goals taking into account the deficiencies of the State of the Art, the approach followed, and the work performed for the thesis since its beginning in 2004.

This essay reports part of the results of a questionnaire investigating 74 college students’ self-evaluation of their writing behaviors and beliefs on the macro discourse level. Then it moves on to analyze the statistics obtained about students’ macro-level writing behaviors and beliefs in terms of making an outline, writing a thesis, providing topic sentences and making conclusions and the pur...

Acknowledgements I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Bryant York, for his guidance during my research and during the writing of this thesis. His many suggestions and questions improved the clarity and completeness of this paper. I would also like to thank my thesis reader, Dr. David Maier, for his thorough commentary on later drafts of this thesis.

Writing thesis is a process of constant interaction between the student and academic advisor, but writing correctly is a complex task for students even if they have the support of a teacher. The elaboration of the thesis document requires the implementation of a methodology and procedures, which constitute the elements of the format and structure in the thesis. This work shows an intelligent tu...