Honors Students and Thesis Research: A Study of Information Literacy Practices and Self-Efficacy at the End of Students’ Undergraduate Careers

Medaille, Ann; Beisler, Molly; Tokarz, Rayla; Bucy, Rosalind

doi:10.5860/crl.82.1.92

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“…Participants' statements suggest that a lack of a reliable internet connection is a barrier to finding relevant studies for undergraduate theses (AlMarwani, 2020;Medaille et al, 2021;Nurkamto et al, 2022), and to having productive discussions with group members, which is corroborated by earlier research (Natividad-Franco, 2021;Nurkamto et al, 2022). Considering that the majority of the participants come from socially excluded demographics, this is a common theme among their statements.…”

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Students’ Challenges and Barriers in the Completion of an Undergraduate Thesis in the Case of A Premier Local College in the Philippines

Lobo

2023

International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences

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Thesis writing has been considered one of the difficult stages of being an undergraduate student. However, no studies were found concerning the challenges of undergraduate students in the context of Local Colleges and Universities (LCUs) in the Philippines. This sequential explanatory study aimed to explore the challenges and barriers to students completing their undergraduate thesis. Participants from the study are samples of students pursuing a Bachelor of Physical Education degree at City College of Angeles, Philippines, who were finished writing and defending their manuscripts. For the quantitative phase, after obtaining data from 116 students via an online survey (Nmale=59, Nfemale=57), the findings unraveled that students have faced a moderate level of challenge concerning infrastructure, communication, and time management. On the one hand, after obtaining data from students via an Informal Interview Guide and performing Manual Qualitative analysis, there are three themes, and six sub-themes emerged: (1) Internet connectivity challenges and communication (connectivity issues and inadequacy of scientific resources, and communication with thesis groupmates), (2) Data gathering impediments (recruitment of the participants and rejection from the participants), and (3) Time Management issues (drawbacks of working students and thesis writing contrasted with other academic course works). Based on the findings, practical implications addressing these challenges and barriers are presented in this paper. Finally, the limitations of this study and future research directions were also exhibited.

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Students’ Challenges and Barriers in the Completion of an Undergraduate Thesis in the Case of A Premier Local College in the Philippines

Lobo

2023

International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences

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“…ELESP students used those online tools to prevent plagiarism with each function of them. According to Medaille et al (2021), Mendeley as a citation management software could be used to arrange the sources. In general, many students put citations besides paraphrased texts then they could simply make references and cite a text.…”

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Student's Perceived Confidence in Writing Publishable Articles

Purwanti

Kastuhandani

2023

LLT Journal

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There has been an increasing demand for undergraduate students to do their scholarly research and publish the finding in the form of articles in their final year of study. The importance of writing publishable articles is a repeated and step-by-step process to maintain self-confidence in writing articles. In other words, many students struggle to publish their articles because the rate of successful articles can be affected by the common mistake made. Therefore, this qualitative study aimed to find how undergraduate students perceived confidence in writing publishable articles since they may still have difficulties in writing articles. The researcher used thematic data analysis to summarize data points. This study applied criterion-based sampling as a technique to determine the sample. The total number of participants was 8 students. This study focused on English Language Education Study Program (ELESP) students in semester 8 at Sanata Dharma University who once joined a conference and published their articles. Data were collected from interviews, Focus Group Discussions (FGD), and document analysis. The findings showed that most ELESP students faced some challenges in writing articles. The challenges experienced frequently by students were the use of grammar and vocabulary. Nonetheless, the results showed that ELESP students utilized some online tools and benefited from feedback from other parties to increase their confidence in writing articles.

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“…The research project was approved by our university's Institutional Review Board. This study is also part of a larger project that examined honors students' experiences of self-efficacy in relation to various aspects of the thesis-writing experience, including their experiences with information literacy (Medaille et al 2021). Our university's honors program enrolls about 450 students from all majors.…”

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The Role of Self-Efficacy in the Thesis-Writing Experiences of Undergraduate Honors Students

Medaille

Beisler

Tokarz

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Writing a thesis is often the culminating experience for undergraduate students enrolled in university honors programs in the United States. Because writing a thesis is one of the most difficult academic tasks that an undergraduate student may undertake, it requires a high level of self-efficacy, or belief in one’s capabilities to achieve certain results. However, the factors that contribute to students’ efficacy expectations when writing a thesis are not fully understood. This qualitative study followed 11 honors students over the course of several months in order to understand their experiences as they completed their theses. Data was gathered through a series of four questionnaires and two interviews. Analysis revealed six themes: previous research experiences, emotions, project timelines, structure, advisors, and support networks. These themes suggest that students’ abilities to manage their emotions and employ self-regulatory strategies play a critical role in their self-assessments of efficacy during work on challenging academic tasks, findings which have implications for a variety of academic programs and campus support services. In addition, this study reveals that faculty mentoring of undergraduate students may require greater attention to cultivating emotional awareness and regulation than does the mentoring of graduate students.

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Honors Students and Thesis Research: A Study of Information Literacy Practices and Self-Efficacy at the End of Students’ Undergraduate Careers

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

Students’ Challenges and Barriers in the Completion of an Undergraduate Thesis in the Case of A Premier Local College in the Philippines

Students’ Challenges and Barriers in the Completion of an Undergraduate Thesis in the Case of A Premier Local College in the Philippines

Student's Perceived Confidence in Writing Publishable Articles

The Role of Self-Efficacy in the Thesis-Writing Experiences of Undergraduate Honors Students

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