Completing Your Thesis or Dissertation: Professors Share Their Techniques & Strategies

* Seventy professors share their tips, techniques, and strategies for overcoming roadblocks to the completion of a thesis or dissertation.* Many of the professors share their personal experiences in completing their dissertations. With hindsight, they offer advice based on these experiences. The personal nature of these essays makes fascinating reading.* The professors' contributions cover a wide range of topics including· selecting a topic, · selecting a chair and a committee,· working with the chair and committee, · selecting literature to review, · writing a literature review, · time management,· overcoming writer's block, · overcoming anxiety, · putting the thesis/dissertation into proper perspective,· establishing support groups,· understanding the role of the dissertation in professional development,· and many others!* This "in-their-own-words" book allows students to select the advice that is best suited to their situations and work styles.* Running sidebars throughout the book help students locate information on the matters with which they need help.* Ideal for independent reading by your students or use each of the contributions as a discussion topic in a thesis/dissertation preparation course.

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Fred Pyrczak