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...

  Background: Conduction of thesis by the students is one of their major academic activities. Thesis quality and acquired experiences are highly dependent on the supervision. Our study is aimed at identifing the challenges in thesis supervision from both students and faculty members point of view.   Methods : This study was conducted using individual in-depth interviews and Focus Group Discussi...

introduction: the supervision of academic theses at the universities of medical sciences is one of the most important issues with several challenges. the aim of the present study is to discover the nature of problems and challenges of thesis supervision in iranian universities of medical sciences. methods: the study was conducted with a qualitative method using conventional content analysis app...

Introduction: Today, progressing science and technology atall domains, including education and research, will bring newopportunities to resolve the communication and interactionproblems. The aim of this study was to determine potential factorsaffecting the thesis supervision and provide a web-based solution.Methods: This is a developmental study conducted in two<br...

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...

BACKGROUND Conduction of thesis by the students is one of their major academic activities. Thesis quality and acquired experiences are highly dependent on the supervision. Our study is aimed at identifing the challenges in thesis supervision from both students and faculty members point of view. METHODS This study was conducted using individual in-depth interviews and Focus Group Discussions (...