Master's Thesis Research Articles

Lexical Bundles and Disciplinary Variation in Master Theses

Lexical bundles, as fixed-form recurrent word combinations of multiple words, constitute a significant portion of academic writing and play a pivotal role in producing fluent texts. Extant studies on lexical bundles have documented difficulties that second language learners, and particularly writers experience in producing these bundles in their academic writing. However, despite an extensive existing body of research on the use of lexical bundles in various fields, the use of such linguistic devices across various disciplines, particularly in the Iranian context is an under-researched area. Thus, this study examined the frequency, functions and structure of 4-word lexical bundle use in master theses of native English-speaking writers and Iranian second language (L2) writers across four different disciplines. For this purpose, two corpora, each containing 60 master theses, 120 theses in total, were selected and analyzed following a corpus-based approach. The findings of the study revealed that, overall, Iranian writers incorporated more lexical bundles in their texts than their native English counterparts and that their use varied functionally and structurally across not only native and nonnative corpora but also across disciplines. The study has important implications for Iranian L2 writers of the respective disciplines as well as genre-based instruction in English for both academic and specific
 purposes.

The conceptual solution of the interchange at the connection of the Golubac-Donji Milanovac-Brza Palanaka expressway to the Kladovo-Brza Palanka-Negotin expressway

The aim of this work, which is an extract from the master thesis defended at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade, is to present to the professional public certain experiences and knowledge gained during the development of the Conceptual Design of the interchange at the connection of the Golubac-Donji Milanovac-Brya Palanka expressway to the Kladovo-Brya palanka-Negotin expressway.

Psychologists family mediators – reducing the borders of interculturality

Family mediation has become a multiprofessional and multidisciplinary practice, so that mental health and social care professionals such as psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers and even law and justice professionals such as lawyers have been interested and dedicated their studies and research to area. This work is an excerpt from the master's thesis by the same author and was carried out with the aim of giving a little more prominence to Mediation as an alternative method of conflict resolution and also to value and explain its preventive therapeutic character and the importance of being carried out. by a professional Psychologist, in the necessary care of relationships between couples and intercultural parental relationships, as these relationships already face all the difficulties of communication and understanding that go far beyond “knowledge and translation of your partner's language”.

Compiler Support for an AI-oriented SIMD Extension of a Space Processor

In this on going research paper, we present our work on the compiler support for an AI-oriented SIMD Extension, called SPARROW. The SPARROW hardware design has been developed during a recently defended, awardwinning Master Thesis and is targeting Cobham Gaisler's space processors Leon3 and NOEL-V. We present the compiler support we have included in two compiler toolchains, gcc and llvm as well as a SIMD intrinsics library for easy programmability. Compiler modifications are kept to minimum in order to enable incremental qualification of the toolchains. We present our experience working with the two compilers and performance results for the two compilers on top an FPGA implementation of the target space processor.

Decoloniality of knowledge: Scientific dissemination of indigenous women productions

This study analyzed theses and master's dissertations of indigenous women in public universities of Brazil. The history of the colonization in Brazil left traces of a power dynamic that devalued indigenous culture. With this, the monopolization of knowledge and communication was established by people who reinforce the Eurocentric production of knowledge. We outlined a study that crossed the lines of indigenous women's productions with the discussions already produced by researchers of the decoloniality in human sciences. We faced the silencing processes that these women went through during their studies. We identified the difficulties of dissemination of these important works and the impacts generated by the new dynamics of those who were once objects of study and slowly occupy their spaces in a claim for their standpoint. Therefore, we highlighted the need for direct action by universities to encourage and better disseminate the counter-hegemonic productions of indigenous women.

The Application of Virtual Learning Mode in the Design of Art Design Network Interaction Platform: Based on C++ Builder

:A system development platform based on C++ BUILD is introduced in detail, and how to configure OpenCV in C++Builder environment is discussed. Finally, two application examples are given on this basis. After the analysis of new media's intervention in public art design, the interactive digital public art design and practice of new media public platform is explained in detail, from the practice of interactive digital public art design and Chinese painting in interactive digital public art design The methods and methods of public art design are analyzed from the two aspects of reference and application significance. Based on the classification framework of research methods that combines hierarchical logic, process logic and the characteristics of this field, this paper analyzes the methods used in doctoral and master thesis in the field of virtual learning community research in my country with research methods.

PLAN B, a Gathering of Strangers (or) This Is Not Working by Goldendean

PLAN B, a Gathering of Strangers (or) This Is Not Working by Goldendean

Update of the Master’s Program on the Basis of Action Research Project: Academic Skills Development Issues in Theory and Practice

The national project "Quality Education - An Educated Nation" provides for systematically implementing the Action Research approach in the education system. According to the future-oriented project "Knowledge and Skills 2030" of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), quality education, skills, abilities and competencies, continuous learning, goal setting, critical thinking, creativity, self-awareness - The importance of improving and developing self-regulation, "learning to learn", cognitive and metacognitive skills. The problems identified at the domestic and foreign levels in the formation of Master's research and academic writing skills, according to the results of numerous studies in this field, are associated with the gap between theory and practice, low level of information and communication skills, difficulties in processing statistical data, working with bibliography using information programs. The article considers the need for consistent implementation of the research project in action within the framework of the Master's program of Kazakhstan to bridge the gap between theory and practice and improve the quality of scientific research of Master's theses and academic writing. This argument was confirmed by a collaborative experimental study in three cycles based on a research project in action on the ZOOM platform (because this platform is actively used in the educational process and is the most accessible resource while having advantages of both technical, organizational, and creative nature), to determine the impact of cognitive and metacognitive reading strategies on the academic performance of first-year students of the Faculty of Philology. The improvement of the proposed project by the requirements of the success criteria and its introduction into the Master's program of the scientific and pedagogical profile of Kazakhstan can solve the problems of theory and practice in the field of education and science. Key words: Action Research project, Action  Research methodology, master's dissertation, theoretical knowledge, pedagogical practice, experiment, cognitive and metacognitive strategies.

DIFFERENCES IN DISPLAYING OF MOTOR ABILITY OF STRENGTH IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ACTIVELY PLAY FOOTBALL AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED IN SPORTS ACTIVITIES

Man consists of different abilities and traits. The degree of development and the level of achievement, as well as their mutual relationship, are different from person to person. Morphological characteristics are the characteristics responsible for the dynamics of growth and development, as well as for the characteristics of the body structure. Motor abilities are features that participate in solving motor tasks and that can be developed to a greater extent. We will find out the difference in these abilities between students active in football and physically inactive students through the results of this master's thesis. The goal of the research is to determine the differences between students who are actively engaged in football and those students who are not active in sports. The research was conducted on 52 subjects, students of an elementary school. Keywords: Motor abilities, elementary school, students

The Investigation of the Research on Out-of-School Learning Activities in Turkey: A Systematic Review

This research aims to analyze the studies on out-of-school learning activities in Turkey between 2000 and 2020. For this purpose, 303 studies were selected, of which 211 articles, 73 master's thesis, and 19 doctoral dissertations, with the phrase "out-of-school learning" in the title and keywords. A systematic literature review was conducted in the research. The data were entered into the Content Analysis Monitoring Form, and the analyses were made on the Microsoft Excel program. In line with the findings obtained, it was determined that most of the studies on out-of-school learning activities were carried out in 2020. In these studies, it was seen that it was mainly aimed to determine the opinions of teachers or students about out-of-school learning activities, the sample was selected in the range of 21-40 people, and the most selected sample group was secondary school students. It was also determined that the studies were mostly done in the science discipline and that the case study from qualitative and experimental research design from quantitative methods was used. When all the findings were evaluated, since there are not many studies on the effect of out-of-school learning activities on anxiety, motivation, and interest, it is recommended to carry out studies in this area and to increase the studies to be done towards high school, preschool, primary school students.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold in Flanders

Abstract Many years ago, my master thesis advisor told me that if I wanted to understand the history of a country, I should read novels. His statement caused me to reflect seriously on what it is that novels do, the truths (and untruths) they yield. This creative piece is inspired primarily by literature and is an attempt to understand how the needless death of a black university student could occur in a society that doggedly continues to view racism as something other societies do. It is simultaneously an attempt to explore how silences in the telling of history have been challenged by authors of colour, how the past reverberates into the present, and the implications for those living in the (African) diaspora. I draw on research that I conducted in two Flemish primary schools, which explored how doxic conceptions of education and belonging, equally racialized, are both reproduced and contested.

Метод проектов в формировании практико-ориентированных образовательных результатов

The article examines the problem of introducing the project method into the educational practice of higher education. It considers the possibilities of the project method for the formation of practice-oriented educational results during the subject mathematical training of students of University of Economics. The article presents an example of project assignment for the formation of an optimal deposit portfolio, included in the bachelor's thesis, master's thesis in the direction of «Economics». The implementation of project assignment requires graduates to have a sufficient high level of mathematical competence as practice-oriented result of mathematical training. A comparative analysis of the results of pedagogical experiment was carried out to study the influence of experimental learning (case-tasks, project-type tasks) during the mathematical training on the level of formation of components of mathematical competence. The Pearson criterion and G-criterion of signs were used to confirm statistical reliability of experimental results. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of project-based learning for the development of practice-oriented educational results that ensure the formation of experience of professional decision-making.

Master Thesis - R Scripts

Master Thesis - R Scripts

Contact Zone Mercadillo: Roma and Public Space in Valladolid (Spain)

The research presented here evolves around the Mercadillo Gitano in Valladolid (España). The article is a short version of the author’s master thesis with the same title, written and graded in 2017. Its aims were the elaboration of a perspective that could focus on the every-day construction of social difference on the one hand and the application of this perspective to a specific site on the other hand. Therefore, ideas from the so-called Spatial Turn and particularly Mary Louise Pratt’s concept Contact Zone were taken to the Mercadillo Gitano in Valladolid. Data was gathered through participant observation, interviewing and an archival research. In a first step, the emergence and institutionalization of this Contact Zone as part of the city’s public space was investigated from a production of space perspective. This allowed for making roles and interests of diverging actors transparent. In a second step, a microanalysis concerning interaction (contact) and the actual sites (zone) complemented the reflection on the everyday (re)production of social differences. The emerging perspective allowed for rendering boundary-making in Mercadillo Gitano theoretically and empirically graspable and thus broadened the possibilities of “speaking about” the city’s minority of Roma.

Integrative Criticism in the of Kurdish poetry Criticism Master's thesis (The Poetic Language and the new Literary Criticism) as an example

Integrative Criticism in the of Kurdish poetry Criticism Master's thesis (The Poetic Language and the new Literary Criticism) as an example

Comparative analysis of priority coping strategies of student teachers of various courses

In the article, the author presents the results of an empirical study conducted as part of a master's thesis. The article is devoted to the study and comparison of the preferred coping strategies of coping behavior of students-teachers of different courses. The study involved students of the second and fourth courses in the amount of 99 people. Analysis of the study conducted by the author using the Mann-Whitney U test showed only one statistically significant difference between groups of students of different courses — in the parameter "Taking responsibility". The level of application of this coping strategy among fourth-year students is significantly higher than among second-year students. The data obtained in the course of the study allow us to conclude that, in general, the priority coping strategies for the coping behavior of future teachers are constructive strategies that contribute to solving the problem that has arisen, namely: self-control, planning, problem solving and positive reassessment. At the same time, the "flight-avoidance" strategy has a rather high rate in both groups of subjects. Respondents of both groups least often resort to such destructive coping strategies as confrontational coping and distancing. The results obtained for the parameter "search for social support" have equally high data in both groups of subjects, which allows us to conclude that there is a need for psychological support and support for students. The conducted comparative static analysis showed that with all the variety of coping strategies of coping behavior periodically used by all participants in the study, fourth-year students slightly, but still more often, use constructive behavior strategies in difficult and conflict situations compared to second-year students.

Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan and Gong Music of the Philippine Diaspora

Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan and Gong Music of the Philippine Diaspora

Underwater acoustics and ocean engineering at the University of Rhode Island

Underwater acoustics is one of the primary areas of emphasis in the Ocean Engineering Department at the University of Rhode Island, the first Ocean Engineering program in the United States. The program offers Bachelors, Masters (thesis and non-thesis options) and PhD degrees in Ocean Engineering. These programs are based at the Narragansett Bay campus, providing access to a living laboratory for student learning. Some key facilities of the program are an acoustics tank and a 100-foot-long wave tank. At the graduate level, students are actively involved in research focused in areas such as acoustical oceanography, propagation modeling, geoacoustic inversion, marine mammal acoustics, ocean acoustic instrumentation, and transducers. An overview of classroom learning and ongoing research will be provided, along with information regarding the requirements of entry into the program.

Berechnung der Versagenswahrscheinlichkeit von Böschungen unter Berücksichtigung der Bodenvariabilität

AbstractThe soil is a heterogeneous three‐phase system with varying mechanical properties. It is usually abstracted to a subsurface model with homogeneous layers. The basic data for this model are individual probings/boreholes. Assumptions are made to describe the structure of the unsampled areas and the general scatter of the soil properties within the layers is not taken into account. This results in an approximation of the real conditions, which leads to uncertainties. In order to compensate this, the soil variability can be covered by a number of different parameter combinations. In the field of geotechnical engineering, this approach is called the Random Finite Element Method (RFEM).In terms of a master thesis, the technical implementation of such method has been investigated. It was used for the stability analysis of a theoretical slope and the results were compared with the Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM) and the Strength Reduction Finite Element Method (SRFEM). The last one was also used to identify the relevant failure criteria for the finite element. By using different meshes of the same slope, their effect on the safety factor was observed.

Writing a masters thesis: Associations between the grade, self-efficacy, approaches to writing, and experiences of the thesis as a teaching and learning environment

Master’s thesis writing is a challenging endeavor, requiring students to engage in deeper learning processes and apply several academic competences. This study investigates the associations between students’ approaches to master’s thesis writing, the perceptions of the thesis as a teaching-learning environment, self-efficacy for thesis writing, and thesis grade. The data consist of engineering students’ answers (N=283) to a survey and their thesis grade, gathered from the study register of a Finnish university. The findings indicate a positive association between the thesis grade, deep and organized approach to thesis writing, self-efficacy as well as levels of interest and relevance for thesis writing. This study identified three groups of thesis writers who differed from each other in their approaches to thesis writing: 1) Students applying a dissonant approach; 2) Students applying a deep and organized approach; 3) Students applying an unorganized approach. Students applying a deep and organized approach to thesis writing differed significantly from the other two groups as they scored higher in their experiences of the elements of the thesis as a learning environment, self-efficacy for thesis writing and thesis grade. This study highlights its results in conjunction with previous research and offers practical implications for master’s thesis writing support.