HOW TO SOLVE SOME OFTHE DIFFICULTIES IN THESISPROPOSAL WRITINGTHROUGH INTERACTIONWITH THEIR PEERS IN THEWRITING COURSE

An Academic presentation byDr. Nancy Agens, Head, Technical Operations, PhdassistanceGroup  www.phdassistance.comEmail: info@phdassistance.com

In-Brief

Introduction

Difficulties in Writing Thesis Proposals

Peer Interaction to Solve Proposal Writing Difficulties

Benefits in Peer-Reviewing

Conclusion

Outline

TODAY'S DISCUSSION

In-Brief

Peer interaction is the interactive part of the Research Proposal Writingthat mainly focuses on the issues of analysis, significance, and progress.Peer Assessment lets students assess one’s own work and the work oftheir peers which allows the audience to visualize a single process in

different ways.

The important thing in a graduate student’s life isthesis writing.

Through the Thesis Proposal Writing process, thestudents learn how to carry out the research andreport the result.

The first step to being performed in a graduatestudent’s life is research proposal writing.

In the process of developing the research proposal,the students cannot detach themselves from theresearch community.

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During the process of proposal writing, students should consult with theirsupervisors about their difficulties and progress in writing.

During the process of developing thesis proposals, students identify the ways tosolve problems that occur while writing and improve their academic writing skillsin research.

They also gain experience in performing research through the interactions anddiscussions with other members within the research community.

They would then steadily shift from marginal participation to complete participationin their research community.

In writing the research proposal, the students mainlyhad difficulties in identifying and deciding the ResearchTopic, creating a reasonable design for research,logically sorting out their writing, and generating animportant review of previous studies, and has enoughacademic knowledge.

Peer Interaction: Besides getting assistance from theirsupervisors, students must be able to solve some oftheir difficulties in Research Proposal Writing throughtheir peer interaction in the course of writing.

Difficultiesin WritingThesisProposals

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While much less scrutinized, a pedagogically and hypothetically stimulating the factof peer interaction is that students tend to correct the errors on their own more whilediscussing with each other than when they make it on their own.

The interactive part in the Research Proposal Writing process that focuses mainly onthe substantive revision issues of analysis, significance, and progress is termed aspeer review.

Holistic commentary is used in this part that encourages students to perform an activerole to form questions to direct the audience in further enhancement of their writing.

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Comments gathered on the student’s research work through the Peer Reviewprocess can also permit for teacher-guided, directed feedback.

This type of learning allows students for evidence of one’s own work by looking atthe other's work.

In this interaction, students use critical thinking in their writing by gainfully engagingin inquiry methods and reflection with the research community.

Based on the peer interaction organized by the supervisor, important elements canbe integrated into this interaction.

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Thesis proposal writing allows students to learn the writing process and alsoallows them to engage in the act of writing to enhance their writing skills.

This act is supported through peer interaction, and it is through this process andthe utilization of peer interaction, the meaningful development in students writingskills and critical thinking are utilized.

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Assessing one’s own work and the work of their peersallows the audience to visualize how one process canbe explained in various ways.

Ideas and viewpoints on a specific set of actions canfurther strengthen the content of chronological factsthrough recurrence, suggestion, and analyzing others'work to offer different points of view.

The awareness and critical analysis of an individualstudent and the research community are improvedgreatly through peer interaction as it serves many roles.

PeerInteractionto SolveProposalWritingDifficulties

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Peer interaction improves the writing ability of a student as it critiques others’work which ultimately leads to the internalization of standards and the ability toassess one’s own work.

Interaction with peers also yields extra benefits to both the students and to theresearch community at large.

Without peer interaction, the purpose of writing is void.

Study shows that several peer assessments are the most precise and give inassessments that are on average, similar to the supervisor, while also gettingmore feedback.

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Enclosing contradictory assessments can be terrible for several reasons; mostimportantly that students cannot gain knowledge from the errors committed by themif there is no clear idea or consent about those mistakes and have no knowledge ofhow to correct those mistakes.

In addition to the accurateness, it is also essential to think about whether theassessments are constant or reliable, among and between student evaluators.

Peer evaluation that is conducted in the Research Proposal Writing process did notshow a large margin of variation and that while students were not always reliablewith the specificity of the mistakes they identified.

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But these inconsistencies were not sufficient to influence the overall grades of thethesis proposal writing.

In peer interaction, students not only point out the weak points but also commentson the strong ones.

The students’ interaction in the peer review process encourages self-confidencein students’ ability to write.

Students achieve their confidence by learning from others' work.

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Then they can understand, analyze, and evaluate their proposal writing based onthe evaluation of others.

In other words, students can learn to improve their writing skills by reviewingeach other’s work.

The peer review is suitably done in the draft and final thesis work.

There are some other benefits in Peer-Reviewing whilewriting.

It provides students with an opportunity to practicecooperative learning among them.

Peer evaluation is a precious tool to use in students'thesis writing.

Peer assessment activity that has been designed carefullyincludes a clear path concerning actionable comments, andalso provide students with useful comments that enhancestheir performance on proposal writing.

Benefitsin Peer-Reviewing

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The process of peer interaction and evaluation lets students grant and receivecomments on their work by spending minimal time with the supervisor.

It is also an attractive tool to use in the present era of ever-increasing strength ofthe classes and workloads of the faculty.

However, students are mainly benefitted through peer assessment.

Peer Review allows students to practice cooperationamong peers to enhance their own writing skills.

Moreover, peer review is an activity that greatly reducesthe stress of students.

Students may also verify, converse, and assess their workwith peer members without thinking or fearing about thegrade from supervisors.

Conclusion

In such peer activities, students feel free to share and support their ideas for theprogress of their writing.

If the students create mistakes, it will not affect their grade.

In brief, peer interaction is a pleasurable activity in the writing process.

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