If a student prepares incorrect or off-track sentences, as a supervisor, can you assist them in reconstructing the sentences or providing some advice to help them get back on track? I'm asking these questions because, in most situations, colleagues assume that you're writing the thesis on behalf of your students.
According to my supervisor (in Europe), you can proof edit the entire thesis, give comments, reconstruct sentences, and even create certain sentences to assist students in staying on track- what are your experiences?
Academic writing is not easy; even experienced researchers have troubles with the neat and transparent presentation of their research, especially in the language that differs from their mother tongue. Each of us came across papers that are easy to follow and those awfully written, almost impossible to comprehend. Students are very often experiencing difficulties with expressing their ideas and research in writing. Some universities offer courses on scientific writing to graduate students, but substantial practice is still needed. Therefore, one of the tasks of a supervisor is to assist students at the initial stages of their paper/thesis writing. Depending on student's skills, corrections can be quite a few and even more than that. I see no problem in editing a few pages of my students' writing, providing general advise and tips. If the advice is used by the student properly, the writing skills will eventually improve and the supervisor will reduce the editing help accordingly. To date I did not have graduate students who did not need help in scientific writing...
It is always a dilema to judge whether the writing is correct, scientific, but it is harder to judge the quality especially if you are assessing. Up to which you should help?
Dear Khondokar Humayun Kabir
Normally, Examiners are asked to evaluate the thesis according to the criteria in the respective thesis examiner report form for a Master's or Doctoral thesis. Examiners provide an overall judgment of 'passed' or 'not passed'
Look for an argument against your thesis. A thesis statement must always have a potential argument or different point of view. If it does not, the thesis statement is not appropriate because it is more a summary than a point.
Kind Regards
Qamar Ul Islam
Supervisor can give some advice and focus on the problem of the research and also after completing the work should correct the mistake ,whether it is correct or not. It is the supervisor obligation and also the board of Examiners at the time of Evaluation.
Yes absolutely. strongly agree. Any how the scholar should find out new one research findings and problems and solutions.
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