SORTI PUBLICATIONS

Research into PhD Examination

SORTI members have recently published in this area: Sid Bourke, Rob Cantwell, Hedy Fairbairn, Ann Graham, Allyson Holbrook, Kathryn Holmes, Margaret Kiley, Terry Lovat,  Yanping Lu, Melissa Monfries, Elena Prieto, Jill Scevak, and Jennifer StGeorge

The latest publications in this area are given on this page. Publications for earlier years are archived by year. Links to these are the end of this page.

2008

Bourke, S. (2008). PhD thesis quality: The views of examiners. South African Journal of Higher Education, 21(8), 1039-1050. (Tier C)

Bourke, S., & Holbrook, A. (2008). PhD thesis quality: Predicting examiner recommendation as one measure of thesis quality. In M. Kiley & G. Mullins (Eds). (17-18 April, 2008). Quality in postgraduate research: Research education in the new global environment - Conference Proceedings. Canberra: CEDAM, ANU. Full Paper

Bourke, S., Holbrook, A., Craig, H., Lovat, T., Holmes, K., & Prieto, E. (2008). Utilising linguistic analysis to explore text patterning in PhD examination reports. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education International Conference, 30 Nov-4 Dec 2008, Brisbane.

Bourke, S., Holbrook, A., Fairbairn, H., & Lovat, T. (2008). Consistency and inconsistency in PhD thesis examination, Australian Journal of Education, 52(1), 35-47. (Tier B)

Cantwell, R., Scevak, J., Bourke., & Reid, A. (2008). Relationships between doctoral students’ metacognitive beliefs and their experiences during candidature. Abstract in M. Kiley & G. Mullins (Eds). (17-18 April, 2008). Quality in postgraduate research: Research education in the new global environment - Conference Proceedings. Canberra: CEDAM, ANU. Abstract

Holbrook, A., Bourke, S., Lovat, T., & Fairbairn, H. (2008). The PhD examination in balance and imbalance. Abstract in M. Kiley & G. Mullins (Eds). (17-18 April, 2008). Quality in postgraduate research: Research education in the new global environment - Conference Proceedings. Canberra: CEDAM, ANU. Abstract

Holbrook, A., Lu, Y., & Bourke, S. (2008). An exploration of differences between the text of reports by PhD examiners and peer reviewers in Education and the physical sciences. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education (AERA) National Conference, 30 Nov.– 4 Dec, 2008, Brisbane.

Lovat, T., Holbrook, A., & Bourke, S. (2008). Ways of knowing in doctoral examination: How well is the doctoral regime? Educational Research Review, 3(1), 66-76. (Tier A)