Barbara E Lovitts
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1500241 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Barbara E Lovitts |
| PRENOMES | Barbara E |
| SOBRENOME | Lovitts |
| ASSINATURA | LOVITTS B E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2001 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Making the Implicit Explicit
Despite their and other stakeholders’ consistent demand for excellence, doctoral programs have rarely, if ever, been assessed in terms of the quality of the dissertations departments produce. Yet dissertations provide the most powerful, objective measure of the success of a department’s doctoral program. Indeed, assessment, when done properly, can help departments achieve excellence by providing insight into a program’s strengths and weaknesses.T…
The Sociology Dissertation
Leveraging transmedia content to reach and support underserved children
This paper presents public media’s national–local model for providing high-quality educational transmedia to America’s children as part of the US Department of Education’s Ready to Learn (RTL) program. Using connected, multiplatform content as an innovative way to help narrow the academic achievement gap for underserved children, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and local public media stations coor…
The Transition to Independent Research
Additional informationNotes on contributorsBarbara E. LovittsBarbara E. Lovitts is a Senior Associate in the Division of Social and Economic Policy at Abt Associates in Bethesda, MD. She is the author of Leaving the Ivory Tower: The Causes and Consequences of Departure from Doctoral Study and Making the Implicit Explicit: Creating Performance Expectations for the Dissertation
Being a good course-taker is not enough
Students are typically admitted into doctoral programmes because they have been good course‐takers. Yet, the PhD is awarded for doing independent research and making an ‘original contribution’ to knowledge. Graduate faculty acknowledge that the transition to independent research is hard for many students, and that they cannot predict who will successfully make the transition and complete the doctorate based only on students’ undergraduate records…
Leaving the Ivory Tower
Being a good course-taker is not enough
Students are typically admitted into doctoral programmes because they have been good course‐takers. Yet, the PhD is awarded for doing independent research and making an ‘original contribution’ to knowledge. Graduate faculty acknowledge that the transition to independent research is hard for many students, and that they cannot predict who will successfully make the transition and complete the doctorate based only on students’ undergraduate records…
The Transition to Independent Research
Additional informationNotes on contributorsBarbara E. LovittsBarbara E. Lovitts is a Senior Associate in the Division of Social and Economic Policy at Abt Associates in Bethesda, MD. She is the author of Leaving the Ivory Tower: The Causes and Consequences of Departure from Doctoral Study and Making the Implicit Explicit: Creating Performance Expectations for the Dissertation
Leaving the Ivory Tower
Being a good course-taker is not enough
Students are typically admitted into doctoral programmes because they have been good course‐takers. Yet, the PhD is awarded for doing independent research and making an ‘original contribution’ to knowledge. Graduate faculty acknowledge that the transition to independent research is hard for many students, and that they cannot predict who will successfully make the transition and complete the doctorate based only on students’ undergraduate records…
The Transition to Independent Research
Additional informationNotes on contributorsBarbara E. LovittsBarbara E. Lovitts is a Senior Associate in the Division of Social and Economic Policy at Abt Associates in Bethesda, MD. She is the author of Leaving the Ivory Tower: The Causes and Consequences of Departure from Doctoral Study and Making the Implicit Explicit: Creating Performance Expectations for the Dissertation
Leveraging transmedia content to reach and support underserved children
This paper presents public media’s national–local model for providing high-quality educational transmedia to America’s children as part of the US Department of Education’s Ready to Learn (RTL) program. Using connected, multiplatform content as an innovative way to help narrow the academic achievement gap for underserved children, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and local public media stations coor…
Making the Implicit Explicit
Despite their and other stakeholders’ consistent demand for excellence, doctoral programs have rarely, if ever, been assessed in terms of the quality of the dissertations departments produce. Yet dissertations provide the most powerful, objective measure of the success of a department’s doctoral program. Indeed, assessment, when done properly, can help departments achieve excellence by providing insight into a program’s strengths and weaknesses.T…
The Sociology Dissertation
Computer Science (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Health and Medical Research Impacts (2 obras) · Psychology (2 obras) · Social Psychology (2 obras) · Advertising (1 obras) · Arithmetic (1 obras) · Artificial Intelligence (1 obras)