Formative postgraduate assessment: a comparative case study using a university in the USA and one in South Africa

Friedrich-Nel, Hesta; Kinnon, Joyce Mac

doi:10.1080/14703297.2014.981834

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

2014

DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2014.981834

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Formative postgraduate assessment: a comparative case study using a university in the USA and one in South Africa

Hesta Friedrich-Nel

Joyce Mac Kinnon

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Research conceptualization in doctoral and master’s research writing

Badenhorst

2021

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Research conceptualization is challenging for doctoral and master’s writers, particularly multilingual students engaging in thesis writing or writing for publication. In doctoral and master’s student writing, research conceptualization appears in three genres: problem statements, research proposals and introduction sections or chapters. Swale’s (1990; Feak and Swales, 2011) CARS model is most often used to analyze conceptualization in these genres. While very useful as an analytical tool, the CARS model does not translate well to pedagogy. I argue that Merriam’s (2009) problem/purpose statement and questions (PPS&Q) format provides a flexible and accessible technique to make the process of research conceptualization visible and to help students focus their research throughout the writing process. Navigating problem formulation and gap spotting requires highly complex literacies and Merriam’s method allows students to begin simply and build complexity. While genre visibility provides a way for doctoral and master’s students to access high-level literacies demands, it can also be formulaic and constraining and needs to be taught with critical awareness.

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Research conceptualization in doctoral and master’s research writing

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2021

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