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Research papers from 2023 2023.
The Impact of Direct Integration of Social Emotional Lessons with Montessori Upper Elementary Children , Gina Awadallah
Mindfulness Practice/Mindful Breathing in the Classroom: The Effect on Unwanted Behaviors in the Classroom , Dana Banitt
The Effects of Authentic Writing on Third-Grade Student Motivation and Achievement , Caitlin Barrett
The Effects of Phonics Instruction on Reading Fluency in an Elementary Classroom , Jill Belrose
The Impact of Social-Emotional Learning Strategies on Performance Anxiety in the Fourth-Grade Music Classroom , Erika A. Bergson, Erin M. Lawler, and Jennifer L. Mickels
Montessori Parent Education: Supporting Early Childhood Independence through Social-Emotional Learning , Gloria Boesenberg
The Impact of a Technology-Based Intervention on Phonemic Awareness Skills In First Graders , Ashley M. Christenson
The Effect of Goal Setting and Reflection on Student Motivation in High School Classrooms , Jodi Clark and Stephanie Moses
How does blended learning affect student satisfaction and learning outcomes in a secondary science classroom? , Lisa Fuccello
The Effectiveness of Grace and Courtesy Lessons in a Montessori Environment , Megan Green
The Impact of Uninterrupted Work Periods on a School Leader’s Self-Efficacy , Heather Harvey
Literacy Instruction and Student Writing in Middle School Social Studies , Nicole Hedman
"How does explicit phonemic awareness instruction in a 6th-grade classroom, influence students reading fluency and comprehension?" , Danette M. Hendrickson
The Effects of Repeated Reading Interventions on First-Grade Reading Fluency , Brooks Julia
The Impact of Cognitively Guided Instruction on Students’ Mathematical Mindsets , Christina Keller
Breaking Bread: Co-Creating Mindful Eating Practices in Lower Elementary , Katie Keller
The Impact of Geometry Montessori Education on Students’ Skills and Mindsets , Laura E. Ledesma Ortiz
Increasing Concentration Through Multistep Practical Life Works in a Montessori 2-6 Classroom , Gay Luise
The Impact of Dialogue Journals and Circles on Social and Self-Awareness in 6th Grade , Karli Mann
Impacts of Makerspaces and Design Thinking on Creativity in Third-Grade Students , Renae McGauvran
Improving Student Critical Thinking Skills Through Explicit Teaching Strategies , Danielle M. Miller
The Effects of Music and Movement on Learning Sight Words , Khou Moua
The Impact of Role-Play on the Self-Regulation of Preschoolers Following the COVID-19 Pandemic , Jennifer Myers
Impacts of Using the Reggio Emilia Approach to Technology on Social Skills in an Early Learning Classroom , Nancy L. Nakaoka
The Effects of Work Plans on Independence in a Primary Montessori Classroom , Cynthia Narine
The effectiveness of roleplaying in teaching preschoolers social skills , Qi Pan
How does reading fluency affect reading comprehension in the elementary classroom , Poracha Robinson
The Connection Between Social-Emotional Learning and Academic Success , Jayna Ruprecht
Implementing Environmentally Conscious Skills into Toddlers’ Routines , Martha Sanchez Romero
Effects of Character Education on Independent Conflict Resolution , Emily Stein
Identifying Activities and Skills that Occur in Circle Time: An Action Plan to Engage Students Social-Emotional learning (SEL) at a Head Start , Priscilla A. Thomas
Developing Self-regulation , Terriann VanDeventer
Leveraging AI Tools to Reduce Teacher Stress and Workload , Kassidy Waddell
The Influence of Social Stories on Early Learners , Kate Whiting
Research Papers from 2022 2022
The Effects of Formative Feedback and Assessment Tools on Writing Proficiency and Motivation in Elementary Classrooms , Amy Anderson and Beth Horihan
The Impact of Discourse on Math Learning in Upper Elementary , Dawn Anderson
Efficacy of Community Building in Adult Online Learning Environments , Meghan Jennifer Gwin Anson M.Ed.
The Relationship Between Teacher Use of Exclusionary Discipline and Using a Problem-Solving Approach to Conflict with Eighth Grade Students , Rachel Austin and Becki Zeidler
The Effects of Guided Reading in a Primary Montessori Classroom , Taylor Bates, Mary Brocklesby, and Katie McGarrigle
The Impact of the Establish-Maintain-Restore Method on Teacher-Student Relationships in the Secondary Classroom , Melissa Bauer
The Relationship Between Multisensory Learning and Phonemic Awareness and Letter Identification in Kindergarten , Justine J. Beyer
"What Are the Effects Of Parental Informational Nights/Parenting Classes on the Parent’s Understanding of the Montessori Method?" , Mackenzie Brown and Kayla Gamble
The Effects of Inquiry-Based Activities on Content Vocabulary Retention in 4th-Grade Science Students , Jillian Burns
The Effects of Outdoor Education and Mindfulness Practices on Attention Issues of Third Graders , Elizabeth Carlson
Mindfulness, The Effects on Student Trauma and Stress Management , kayla Clauson
Focusing on Grace and Courtesy in the Hopes of Achieving a More Peaceful Classroom Community , Marshetta Davis
Improving Assessment Outcomes in Algebra and Functions Through Concrete Materials and Direct Instruction , Sandra Deacon and Courtney Pillers
Examining the Impact of Student-Centered Teaching Practices on Ownership and Belonging in a Middle School Orchestra Classroom , Claire Dill
The Effects of Scientific Inquiry Methodologies on Student Understanding of Evolution , Rachel Downing
"Mindfulness Breathing in Support of Emotional Self-Regulation in a Montessori Upper Elementary Environment" , Emily Farris
Improving Student Concentration Through Caregiver Education , Arianna Fearing
The Effects of Goal Setting and Self-Reflection on Student Work Completion and Work Habits in a Montessori Upper Elementary Environment , Kari F. Frentzel
Impact of Student-Driven Mathematical Assessment on Learning Behaviors in Sixth Grade Students , Cheri R. Gardner
Integrating Montessori Curriculum with State Standards in a Public Montessori School , Brenda Green
A Prepared Environment At Home For One Adolescent: The Effect of Exercises of Practical Life on Self-Regulation of an Adolescent , Melissa Herrick Franzen
The Effects of Daily Explicit Phonics Instruction on Reading Fluency in First Grade , Allison M. Johnson
Goal Setting and Student Conferencing Action Research Study , Jamie Johnson
The Influence of Role-Play Scenarios and Mindful Reflection on a Small Group of Diverse Daycare Providers’ Responses to Classroom Situations , Charlene Kam
The Effects of ENVoY on the Middle School Social Studies Classroom Behaviors , Christine Karst
Creativity as a Gateway to Mental Health: A Burnout Recovery Journey , Sarah Keller
Gratitude and Work Conferences in the Upper Elementary Montessori Classroom , Karrie Kelly
Parents Opinions Matter: The Impact of Incentives on Parent/Child Workshops within the Raising a Reader Program , Samantha Kennedy
The Effect of Antiracist Children’s Literature on Developing Racial Awareness in Early Childhood , Brittany L.M. Ladd
The Influence of Yoga and Meditation on Intrinsic Motivation in Early Childhood Education , Nicole Laviolette
Mindfulness Breathing and Self-Regulation: The Effects of COVID-19 on Children , Savannah Lontz
The Impact of Peer-Mediated Support on Social Interactions in a Middle School Inclusive Setting , Adam (AJ) J. Naatz
Effects of Practical Life Activities and Normalization in the 3–6-year-old Classroom , Lori North
The Effects of Leading with Empathy on Faculty Morale in a Montessori Setting , Andrea O'Brian
Sealing the Cracks: An Examination of Using Special Education Accommodations in the General Education Classroom , Luke C. Olley
The Effects of Cognitively Engaging Exercise on Children’s Executive Functioning , Emily E. Osborn
The Impact of Explicit Phonemic Awareness Instruction in a Kindergarten Classroom , Jaclyn Partridge
The Impact of Altering Physical and Human Components in Middle School Mathematics Classes on Assessment Performance , Raina Quinnell
The Effect of a Culturally Diverse Art Curriculum on the Early Childhood Student’s Cultural Competency , Erin Reynolds
The Impact of Read Aloud Summarizing Practice for English High School Students at an Online School , Samantha Savoie
The Impact of Reflective Feedback Strategies on Learning Behaviors on Seventh-Grade Social Studies Students , James Seegebarth
The Impact of Implementing Virtual Science Notebooks on Student Science Achievement in a Primary Classroom , Emily Sherman
The Effect of Morning Meetings on Positive Relationships and Negative Behaviors in Kindergarten Students , Kennedy Stace
The Effect of Differentiation on Literacy Performance in Kindergarten , Madeline R. Stevens
Finding roots in the Montessori social studies curriculum , Kimberly Torres
Self-Efficacy and Critical Race Theory: The Emotions and Identity of a Montessori Teacher , Marisa Tuffiash
The Impact on School Progress of Building a Child's Self-efficacy at Home , Diana Wali Eddine
The Impact of Mindfulness Activities on Teacher Stress and Student Behavior in a Second Grade Classroom , Michelle Wegrzyn
What Evidence of Change Emerges When Students with Behavioral and Learning Challenges are Placed in an Early Childhood Montessori Environment in Rural China? , Jiao J. Zhang
Research Papers from 2021 2021
"Developing Creative Thinking with Intentional Teaching Practices in Academic Subjects for Early Childhood Classrooms" , Rebecca Appleby
I See You, I Feel Me: Journaling for Confidence, Value, and Collective Efficacy Among Partner Teachers , Laura L. Asher
Sustaining Teacher Resilience for Montessori Education , Rebecca Britt
The Impact of Self-Set Educational Goals on Increasing Academic Performance in a Middle School Environment , Erin Brown and Alexandra Luthe
The Effects of Student Constructed Formative Assessment in the Elementary Classroom , Jessica Burgwald
The Impact of Creative Movement Presentations on Dance Participation and Student Attitudes Towards Dance in a Montessori Early Childhood Classroom , Laura Cefalu
Effects of classroom talk lessons on student perceptions of collaborative group work in a remote, synchronous Montessori elementary learning environment , Amy Chionis
The Impact of Extended Recess with Loose Parts Play on Montessori Primary Student Self-Regulation and On-Task Behaviour , Rossana Cogorno Maldonado
The Effects of Professional Development on Collective Teacher Efficacy , Rachel Cordova
The Effect of Using Literacy Assessment and Standards Based Teaching for Students with Cognitive Disabilities in Secondary Education , Annie Elias
The Impact of Creative Movement Presentations on Dance Participation and Student Attitudes Towards Dance in a Montessori Early Childhood Classroom , Ruth Flowers
The Effect of Control-Based Group Games on Self-Controlled Behavior in a Primary Montessori Classroom , Sophia Foreman
Spanish Vocabulary Acquisition and Implementation: The Effect in a Mixed-aged Montessori Primary Classroom , Nadhira Hathotuwegama
The Effects of Daily Read Alouds on Comprehension Acquisition in a Montessori Setting , Gina Hoffman
The Effects of Reciprocal Teaching on Reading Comprehension in the Virtual Middle School English Classroom , Sydney Jones
Supporting Self-Efficacy Toward Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Skills in Secondary Students , Amy Kienberger and Clara Raineri
Proximity and Preparation: The Keys to Engagement in Secondary Montessori Literature Seminars , Metta M. King
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Master of Arts in Education (MAEd)
Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.
The Relationship of Two Co-Teaching Models in a Second Grade Special Education Inclusion Classrooms: Impact on Student Achievement , Natalie Hoffert
Multicultural Picture Books and the Hard Conversations They Invite: Do Minnesota’s Early Childhood Educators Feel Prepared to Talk About Race During Shared Reading Experiences? , Julie Rech
Increasing Engagement and Effectiveness of Independent Reading in the Kindergarten Classroom , Sarah Swanson
Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022
Effects of a Nontraditional Multi-Age Learning Environment on Academic and Social-Emotional Learning: A Case Study , Nicole Black
Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020
Impacting Student On-Task Behaviors Through Classroom Based Physical Activity and Movement , Katelyn Allen
Social Studies Teachers’ Successes and Challenges in Creating Race-Conscious Curriculum , Emma Nicosia
Impacts of Positive Behavior Interventions and Strategies Programs on Educator Practices , Charles O’Donnell
Student-Teacher Relationships in an Alternative Setting , Stefanie Soukup
Factors That Contribute To Success In the Remote English Classroom , Emily Stein
Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019
Teaching Grammar Through Music , Katie Monson
What Are The Doorways And Barriers To Enrollment In College Preparatory Courses For Students Who Are Black, Hispanic, And American Indian? , Alicia Moore
The Influence Of Student Self-Reflection On Academic Mindset Change , Kate Peck
Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018
The Relationship Between The Development Of Math Operation Proficiency And Student Confidence , Douglas Elfstrom
Communicating Student Achievement Through Standards-Based Assessment And Grading , Elizabeth Hennen
Recycling Influences: Exposure to Childhood Environmental Education , Janet Hollinger
What Middle School Teachers Can Learn From Athletic Coaches , Christopher Lutz
Effects Of Evaluative Praise Versus Behavior Descriptive Praise On Intrinsic Motivation And Behavior , Stacie McCormack
Involvement In Extracurricular Activities And Overall High School Experience: Academics, School Belonging, And Career/College Readiness , Mike Richards
Building Background Knowledge To Fill The Gaps , Jaclyn Semlak
The Type Of Homework Assignment And Its Potential To Influence Student Motivation And Language Learning In A High School Spanish Language Classroom , Sarah Spilde
Effective Note-Taking Strategies In The High School Math Classroom , Michael Swenson
Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017
Exploring Floating Substitutes: Perceptions Of Their Jobs , Kristi Armstrong
The Impact Of Racial Equity Coaching On White Educators’ Personal Growth And Professional Practice , Gretchen Baglyos
Effective Strategies for Students to Become More Successful Math Word Problem Solvers , Nissa Benedict
Preparing White Teachers To Teach In Racially Diverse Schools , Cristina Benz
Moving And Learning: A Curriculum Designed To Reduce Stress In High School Physical Education Students , Anthony J. Bizal
Levels Of Development Among Saudi Arabian Students Studying At An American University , Drew Boatman
How Can A Self-Esteem Curriculum In A Mathematics Classroom Increase The Confidence And Ability Of Female Students? , Shelly Jean Chermack
Defining The Correlation Between Multicultural Training For Pre-Service Teachers And Their Effectiveness In Implementing A Multicultural Curriculum In The Classroom , Lynne Chung
Educator Reaction To Secondary Students Having Leadership Roles , Noel R. Cronin
Can Frequent Use Of Number Talks Increase The Comprehension, Understanding, And Fluency Of Fractions, Decimals, And Percentages In Alternative High School Students? , Mark Duffy
The Power Of Scaffolding in Early Literacy Skill Development for ELL Preschoolers , Nazli Denise Duru
Relationships Between Comprehension And Fluency Levels Within Reading At A Second Grade Level , Erika Gregor
Changing Student Perceptions To Increase Success In Alternative Education Settings , Elizabeth Hazeldine
Motivations Of Low-Income Students To Enroll In Selective Colleges , Kimberly Denise Hildahl
Applied Behavioral Analysis Therapy And Social Interactions Within Families And Their Child With Autism , Christina Latterner
Modeling During Writing Instruction As A Way To Increase Elementary Age Writer Self-Efficacy) , Kristin Locketz
Guided Reading For Beginning English Learners In The First Grade Classroom , Alexis L. Lundberg
How Can An Advisory Program Be Implemented Into The Structure Of A Large Suburban High School To Foster Academic Success In Ninth-Grade Students? , Andrew McCluskey
Discovering Conceptual Metaphors In High School Biology To Instruct English Language Learners , Nancy R. McCurdy
Teaching Vocabulary To Ninth Grade Students From Context , Ned Nelson Jr
How Can Teachers Enhance The Acquisition And Retention Of Vocabulary In Their Urban Learner? , Sarah K. Norenberg
The Impact Of Effective Guided Reading Practices , Emily O'Rourke
Developing Academic Language In The Context Of A Fourth Grade Mathematics Geometry Curriculum Unit , Rachel J. Pazandak
The Effects Of The Press Intervention On Kindergarteners With Limited Early Literacy Skills , Lindsey Peterson
World History Lesson Module Design: Promoting Civic Responsibility Through Engagement, Relevancy, And Global Understanding , Jacalyn R. Polloway
How Integrating Digital Formative Assessment Impacts The Learning Of Sixth-Grade Science Students , Sara E. Potter
Integrating Cultural Studies into the Social Studies Curriculum in a First-Grade Chinese Immersion Classroom , Qiong Qin
How Can A Research-Based Professional Development Model Enhance Dual-Language/Immersion Teachers’ Instructional Practices , Patricia Ramirez
Citizens All: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy In The First-Year College Writing Classroom , Vanessa Ramos
How Higher Order Questioning And Critical Thinking Affects Reading Comprehension , Lindsay A. Samelian
How Interacting With Teacher Feedback Impacts Students’ Writing , Kristen Bankers Saxhaug
Impact Of Mindset Interventions During Morning Meeting On Student Motivation And Classroom Community , Megan Schoaf
Achievement And Engagement With The Workshop Model In The High School Literature Classroom , Sara Stensaas
The Impact Of Independent Investigations On The Engagement Of Elementary Spanish Immersion Students Who Are Gifted , Carolyn Suarez
Using Social Interaction To Elevate And Enrich Student Expressive Vocabulary In Writing , Elizabeth Swenson
Modifying Curriculum For Enriched And Gifted Students , Jason Tornell
How An English Teacher May Draw From The Socratic Seminar Method In Order To Further Engage Tenth Grade Students During Discussion , Rebekah Margaret Vincent Hogshead
Barriers To Individuals Of Entering The Field Of Education , Jamie Williford
Valuing Multilingualism: Differences In Perceptions Of Students In World Language Classes Versus Students In ESL , Kazusa Yamashita
How Reading Through Literary Lenses Impacts The Quality Of High School Students’ Arguments , Craig D. Zimanske
Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016
The impact of collaborative professional development between classroom teachers and reading recovery teachers , Tessa Abrahamson
What Makes a Veteran-Friendly College or University Campus? , Donald W-R Allen
Formative Assessment of Academic Writing with English Learners in an Algebra Class , Robert J. Anderson
Teaching the Cultures of Minnesota Native American Tribes: Reported Comfort Level of Teachers in Meeting Minnesota English Language Arts Standards , James D. Autio
Classroom Environment and Effects on Adolescents’ Attitudes and Test Scores in Reading , Kirstin Sue Bailey
The Impact of Movement on Student Learning and Engagement , Nina Marie Bauernfeind
The Effects On Reading Comprehension When Using Prompts In Book Clubs , Kelly Jo Bridge
What Instructional Strategies are Effective for Increasing Vocabulary for English Language Learners in a Preschool Classroom? , Nicole Carter
What Makes An Effective Bullying Prevention Program In Urban Middle Schools? , Diane Louise Durnick
Increasing Joy and Motivation Through Experiential Art Curriculum , Rachel Mejdrich Edstrom
Effects of incorporating multiculturalism in a high school civics classroom for increased student interest and engagement , Alison Beatt Ellertson
Improving Cultural Competence and ELL writing through Culturally Relevant Digital Storytelling , Julie Robeck Harrell
Student needs and perceptions of the learning environment according to high school students: A case study , Christina J. Hartje
Two Teachers’ Thoughts And Feelings About Low-Income Students Of Color , Joan Renee Hernandez Lindeman
Increasing Capacity and Quality of Alternative Break Programs: Moving to a Student Led Model , Margot Southwood Howard
The Impact of Environmental Education on Environmental Literacy and Motivation in Urban Communities , Amber Huston
Creating Meaningful Consequences That School Districts Can Implement While Staying In Compliance With State Law, Federal Law And School Discipline Policies , Jesse R. LaValla
What is the Effect of (or Relationship between) Outdoor Active Recess on (and) Student Behavior? , Susan Kay Loomis
The Effects of Individualized Teacher Meetings on Struggling High School Students , Travis Woulfe MacLeod
World History Unit Plan That Nurtures Habits of Mind and integrates Strategies Promoted by the National Urban Alliance , Katherine A. Martin
Determining the effect of bring your own device on cyberbullying incidents at a high school , Patrick William Maus
The Effects of the Image-Making within the Writing Process on Kindergarten Writing , Samantha Dee Merrell
How Digital Formative Assessment Increases Student Achievement and Motivation , Jillian G. Morreim
The use of critical thinking skills, specifically Thinking Maps, in the Middle School Social Studies curriculum , James Micah Nelson
Student Engagement and Project-Based Learning in the Social Studies Classroom , Noelle J. Nelson
Developing TPACK: A Study of New Interactive Whiteboard Implementers , Allison Ruth Petersen
Best Practices for Teaching Language Arts in the Dual Immersion Setting , Allison Lee Rendon
Form and Function Focused Language Activities and Their Effects on Student Writing in a Spanish Immersion Classroom , Brian John Rice
‘What Do You Do With An Idea?’ Differentiating A Fourth -Grade Reading Curriculum Using Gardner’s Theory Of Multiple Intelligences , Medora Elaine Schou
How Does Daily Exposure To Vocabulary Through Text Talk Carry Over Into The Speaking And Writing of First Grade Students? , Natalie Lai Shaw
How Does A Targeted Services Intervention Program Focused On Base-Ten Place Value Development Impacts Growth Of Second Graders In Mathematics , Katherine J. Shelley
Are Characteristics Of A Professional Learning Community Guiding Student Achievement , Staci Faye Souhan
Virtual Reference Best Practices and the College Student Experience , Sara J. Stambaugh
A Descriptive Study of Implementing Tiered Systematic Phonics Intervention Through the Colorado Read Act , Geoffrey H. Stokes
How Student-Led Goal Setting and Self-Monitoring of Progress Impacts Self-Efficacy Among Third Graders at an International School in Eastern Europe , Jessica Rose Stoll
What Are The Perceptions Of The “Flipped Classroom” In A Group Of High Achieving Ninth Graders Enrolled In An Algebra Two Course? , Michael David Wilmes
Using a Therapeutic Music Curriculum to Improve the Social and Academic Skills of Students with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia/Septo Optic Dysplasia , Kimberly Kay Wooster
Culturally Responsive Teaching to Support Karen Newcomers , Win World
The Impact of Reading Fluency Instruction on Reading Fluency , Abdul Wright
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Experiences of a London PhD student and beyond
Thesis Title: Examples and Suggestions from a PhD Grad
When you’re faced with writing up a thesis, choosing a title can often fall to the bottom of the priority list. After all, it’s only a few words. How hard can it be?!
In the grand scheme of things I agree that picking your thesis title shouldn’t warrant that much thought, however my own choice is one of the few regrets I have from my PhD . I therefore think there is value in spending some time considering the options available.
In this post I’ll guide you through how to write your own thesis title and share real-world examples. Although my focus is on the PhD thesis, I’ve also included plenty of thesis title examples for bachelor’s and master’s research projects too.
Hopefully by the end of the post you’ll feel ready to start crafting your own!
Why your thesis title is at least somewhat important
It sounds obvious but your thesis title is the first, and often only, interaction people will have with your thesis. For instance, hiring managers for jobs that you may wish to apply for in the future. Therefore you want to give a good sense of what your research involved from the title.
Many people will list the title of their thesis on their CV, at least for a while after graduating. All of the example titles I’ve shared below came from my repository of academic CVs . I’d say roughly 30% of all the academics on that page list their thesis title, which includes academics all the way up to full professor.
Your thesis title could therefore feature on your CV for your whole career, so it is probably worth a bit of thought!
My suggestions for choosing a good thesis title
- Make it descriptive of the research so it’s immediately obvious what it is about! Most universities will publish student theses online ( here’s mine! ) and they’re indexed so can be found via Google Scholar etc. Therefore give your thesis a descriptive title so that interested researchers can find it in the future.
- Don’t get lost in the detail . You want a descriptive title but avoid overly lengthy descriptions of experiments. Unless a certain analytical technique etc was central to your research, I’d suggest by default* to avoid having it in your title. Including certain techniques will make your title, and therefore research, look overly dated, which isn’t ideal for potential job applications after you graduate.
- The title should tie together the chapters of your thesis. A well-phrased title can do a good job of summarising the overall story of your thesis. Think about each of your research chapters and ensure that the title makes sense for each of them.
- Be strategic . Certain parts of your work you want to emphasise? Consider making them more prominent in your title. For instance, if you know you want to pivot to a slightly different research area or career path after your PhD, there may be alternative phrasings which describe your work just as well but could be better understood by those in the field you’re moving into. I utilised this a bit in my own title which we’ll come onto shortly.
- Do your own thing. Having just laid out some suggestions, do make sure you’re personally happy with the title. You get a lot of freedom to choose your title, so use it however you fancy. For example, I’ve known people to use puns in their title, so if that’s what you’re into don’t feel overly constrained.
*This doesn’t always hold true and certainly don’t take my advice if 1) listing something in your title could be a strategic move 2) you love the technique so much that you’re desperate to include it!
Thesis title examples
To help give you some ideas, here are some example thesis titles from Bachelors, Masters and PhD graduates. These all came from the academic CVs listed in my repository here .
Bachelor’s thesis title examples
Hysteresis and Avalanches Paul Jager , 2014 – Medical Imaging – DKFZ Head of ML Research Group – direct link to Paul’s machine learning academic CV
The bioenergetics of a marine ciliate, Mesodinium rubrum Holly Moeller , 2008 – Ecology & Marine Biology – UC Santa Barbara Assistant Professor – direct link to Holly’s marine biology academic CV
Functional syntactic analysis of prepositional and causal constructions for a grammatical parser of Russian Ekaterina Kochmar , 2008 – Computer Science – University of Bath Lecturer Assistant Prof – direct link to Ekaterina’s computer science academic CV
Master’s thesis title examples
Creation of an autonomous impulse response measurement system for rooms and transducers with different methods Guy-Bart Stan , 2000 – Bioengineering – Imperial Professor – direct link to Guy-Bart’s bioengineering academic CV
Segmentation of Nerve Bundles and Ganglia in Spine MRI using Particle Filters Adrian Vasile Dalca , 2012 – Machine Learning for healthcare – Harvard Assistant Professor & MIT Research Scientist – direct link to Adrian’s machine learning academic CV
The detection of oil under ice by remote mode conversion of ultrasound Eric Yeatman , 1986 – Electronics – Imperial Professor and Head of Department – direct link to Eric’s electronics academic CV
Ensemble-Based Learning for Morphological Analysis of German Ekaterina Kochmar , 2010 – Computer Science – University of Bath Lecturer Assistant Prof – direct link to Ekaterina’s computer science academic CV
VARiD: A Variation Detection Framework for Color-Space and Letter-Space Platforms Adrian Vasile Dalca , 2010 – Machine Learning for healthcare – Harvard Assistant Professor & MIT Research Scientist – direct link to Adrian’s machine learning academic CV
Identification of a Writer’s Native Language by Error Analysis Ekaterina Kochmar , 2011 – Computer Science – University of Bath Lecturer Assistant Prof – direct link to Ekaterina’s computer science academic CV
On the economic optimality of marine reserves when fishing damages habitat Holly Moeller , 2010 – Ecology & Marine Biology – UC Santa Barbara Assistant Professor – direct link to Holly’s marine biology academic CV
Sensitivity Studies for the Time-Dependent CP Violation Measurement in B 0 → K S K S K S at the Belle II-Experiment Paul Jager , 2016 – Medical Imaging – DKFZ Head of ML Research Group – direct link to Paul’s machine learning academic CV
PhD thesis title examples
Spatio-temporal analysis of three-dimensional real-time ultrasound for quantification of ventricular function Esla Angelini – Medicine – Imperial Senior Data Scientist – direct link to Elsa’s medicine academic CV
The role and maintenance of diversity in a multi-partner mutualism: Trees and Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Holly Moeller , 2015 – Ecology & Marine Biology – UC Santa Barbara Assistant Professor – direct link to Holly’s marine biology academic CV
Bayesian Gaussian processes for sequential prediction, optimisation and quadrature Michael Osborne , 2010 – Machine Learning – Oxford Full Professor – direct link to Michael’s machine learning academic CV
Global analysis and synthesis of oscillations: a dissipativity approach Guy-Bart Stan , 2005 – Bioengineering – Imperial Professor – direct link to Guy-Bart’s bioengineering academic CV
Coarse-grained modelling of DNA and DNA self-assembly Thomas Ouldridge , 2011– Bioengineering – Imperial College London Senior Lecturer / Associate Prof – direct link to Thomas’ bioengineering academic CV
4D tomographic image reconstruction and parametric maps estimation: a model-based strategy for algorithm design using Bayesian inference in Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM) Michele Scipioni , 2018– Biomedical Engineer – Harvard Postdoctoral Research Fellow – direct link to Michele’s biomedical engineer academic CV
Error Detection in Content Word Combinations Ekaterina Kochmar , 2016 – Computer Science – University of Bath Lecturer Assistant Prof – direct link to Ekaterina’s computer science academic CV
Genetic, Clinical and Population Priors for Brain Images Adrian Vasile Dalca , 2016 – Machine Learning for healthcare – Harvard Assistant Professor & MIT Research Scientist – direct link to Adrian’s machine learning academic CV
Challenges and Opportunities of End-to-End Learning in Medical Image Classification Paul Jager , 2020 – Medical Imaging – DKFZ Head of ML Research Group – direct link to Paul’s machine learning academic CV
K 2 NiF 4 materials as cathodes for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells Ainara Aguadero , 2006 – Materials Science – Imperial Reader – direct link to Ainara’s materials science academic CV
Applications of surface plasmons – microscopy and spatial light modulation Eric Yeatman , 1989 – Electronics – Imperial Professor and Head of Department – direct link to Eric’s electronics academic CV
Geometric Algorithms for Objects in Motion Sorelle Friedler , 2010 – Computer science – Haverford College Associate Professor – direct link to Sorelle’s computer science academic CV .
Geometrical models, constraints design, information extraction for pathological and healthy medical image Esla Angelini – Medicine – Imperial Senior Data Scientist – direct link to Elsa’s medicine academic CV
Why I regret my own choice of PhD thesis title
I should say from the outset that I assembled my thesis in quite a short space of time compared to most people. So I didn’t really spend particularly long on any one section, including the title.
However, my main supervisor even spelled out for me that once the title was submitted to the university it would be permanent. In other words: think wisely about your title.
What I started with
Initially I drafted the title as something like: Three dimensional correlative imaging for cartilage regeneration . Which I thought was nice, catchy and descriptive.
I decided to go for “correlative imaging” because, not only did it describe the experiments well, but it also sounded kind of technical and fitting of a potential pivot into AI. I’m pleased with that bit of the title.
What I ended up with
Before submitting the title to the university (required ahead of the viva), I asked my supervisors for their thoughts.
One of my well intentioned supervisors suggested that, given that my project didn’t involve verifying regenerative quality, I probably shouldn’t state cartilage regeneration . Instead, they suggested, I should state what I was experimenting on (the materials) rather than the overall goal of the research (aid cartilage regeneration efforts).
With this advice I dialled back my choice of wording and the thesis title I went with was:
Three dimensional correlative imaging for measurement of strain in cartilage and cartilage replacement materials
Reading it back now I’m reminder about how less I like it than my initial idea!
I put up basically no resistance to the supervisor’s choice, even though the title sounds so much more boring in my opinion. I just didn’t think much of it at the time. Furthermore, most of my PhD was actually in a technique which is four dimensional (looking at a series of 3D scans over time, hence 4D) which would have sounded way more sciency and fitting of a PhD.
What I wish I’d gone with
If I had the choice again, I’d have gone with:
Four-dimensional correlative imaging for cartilage regeneration
Which, would you believe it, is exactly what it states on my CV…
Does the thesis title really matter?
In all honesty, your choice of thesis title isn’t that important. If you come to regret it, as I do, it’s not the end of the world. There are much more important things in life to worry about.
If you decide at a later stage that you don’t like it you can always describe it in a way that you prefer. For instance, in my CV I describe my PhD as I’d have liked the title to be. I make no claim that it’s actually the title so consider it a bit of creative license.
Given that as your career progresses you may not even refer back to your thesis much, it’s really not worth stressing over. However, if you’re yet to finalise your thesis title I do still think it is worth a bit of thought and hopefully this article has provided some insights into how to choose a good thesis title.
My advice for developing a thesis title
- Draft the title early. Drafting it early can help give clarity for the overall message of your research. For instance, while you’re assembling the rest of your thesis you can check that the title encompasses the research chapters you’re included, and likewise that the research experiments you’re including fall within what the title describes. Drafting it early also gives more time you to think it over. As with everything: having a first draft is really important to iterate on.
- Look at some example titles . Such as those featured above!
- If you’re not sure about your title, ask a few other people what they think . But remember that you have the final say!
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- The Influence of Live Streaming Ecommerce on Customer Engagement on the Social Media Platforms (2022)
- An overview of the COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Small Businesses in the U.S (2022)
- Exploring Key Predictors of Subsequent IPO Performance in the United States between 2016 -2021 (2022)
- The relationship between executive incentives and corporate performance under the background of mixed reform—Based on the empirical analysis of A-share listed companies from 2016 to 2018 (2022)
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- Does Weather matter on E-commerce? Weather and E-commerce consumer behavior of Americans in four U.S. cities (2021)
- ModellingCFPB Consumer Complaint Topics Using Unsupervised Learning (2021)
- Vote For The Environment: Quantitative characteristics of shareholder resolution votes on environmental issues (2021)
- Social Capital’s Role in Accessing PPP Funds & the Evolving Nature of Online Lenders in the Small Business Ecosystem (2021)
- Predicting stock returns with Twitter: A test of semi-strong form EMH (2017)
- Who Receives Climate Finance and Why? A Quantitative Analysis of Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Funds Allocation during 2003-2013 (2014)
- The American Dream—Deferred (2013)
- Job Satisfaction and Employee Turnover Intention: What does Organizational Culture Have To Do With It? (2013)
- What Factors Are Associated With Poor Households Engaging in Entrepreneurship? (2013)
- Uncertainty in measuring Sustainable Development: An application for the Sustainability-adjusted HDI (2012)
- Homeownership and Child Welfare in Unstable Times (2012)
- On the Evaluation of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs (2012)
- Financial Crisis and Bank Failure Prediction: Learning Lessons from the Great Recession (2011)
- Starbucks and its Peers: Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Financial Performance (2011)
- Statistical Arbitrage Strategies and Profit Potential in Commodity Futures Markets (2011)
- An Approach to Lending with Heterogeneous Borrowers (2010)
- Changes in Perceived Risk and Liquidity Shocks and Its Impact on Risk Premiums (2010)
- Equity Risk Premium Puzzle and Investors' Behavioral Analysis: A Theoretical and Empirical Explanation from the Stock Markets in the U.S. & China (2010)
- Investing in Microfinance: A Portfolio Optimization Approach (2010)
- Empirical Analysis of Value Investing Strategy in Times of Subprime Mortgage Crisis 2007-08 (2009)
- Two Engines of Monetary Policy: The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank: Different Approaches. Different Results? (2008)
- Searching for the "Sweet Spot": The Optimal Mix of Executive Compensation to Maximize Firm Performance (2005)
- Differentials in Firm-Level Productivity and Corporate Governance: Evidence from Japanese Firm Data in 1998-2001 (2004)
- Where's the Brand Equity?: Further Investigations Into the Role of Brand Equity in Experiential, Luxury, and Other Products (2003)
- An Account of Worth through Corporate Communication (2002)
- Deciphering Federal Reserve Bank Statements Using Natural Language Processing (2022)
- Gender Wage Gaps (2022)
- The Relationship between the Overall Sentiment on Twitter and Stock Market Performance during COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 (2022)
- The U.S. Stock Market’s Influence on China Stock Market between 2014 and the first half of 2019 (2022)
- Social Protection and the SDGs: A Data-Driven Bayesian Network Analysis (2022)
- Overeducation: The Effects of the Great Recession on the Labor Market (2021)
- Investor Sentiment and Stock Returns: Evidence from China's A-Share Market (2021)
- Difference-in-Differences Analysis (2017)
- Rapid Transition: A Comparison of Subway Usage and Rent Data to Predict Gentrification in New York City (2017)
- Female Labor Force Participation Rate and Economic Development: Time-Series Evidence in China (2016)
- Linkage Between Stock and Commodity Markets' Volitility in Both the U.S. and China (2016)
- Will Urbanization be the Next Economic Growth Engine for China? (2014)
- Solar Electricity's Impact on Germany's Wholesale Electricity Market (2014)
- How Does Quantitative Easing Policy Impact Emerging Markets: Evidence from the Effects on Long-Term Yields Structure of Hong Kong and Singapore (2014)
- The Effect of Income Taxes in Mexico: Evidence and Implications for Permanent Taxpayers (2014)
- Jumping on the Bandwagon: Conformity and Herd Behavior (2014)
- Effects of War After War: A Quantitative Comparison of the Economic Performance of Jewish World War II Veterans to Non-Jewish World War II Veterans (2013)
- Basel III Agreement: Will Higher & More Strictly Defined Capital Standards Impede on the Growth of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises? (2013)
- Unemployment and Economic Growth in Peru: 2001-2012 (2013)
- The Informal Market for Foreign Direct Investment: The Attractive Power of Country-Specific Characteristics (2012)
- Evaluating the impact of the Workfare Income Supplement Scheme on Singapore's Labour Market (2012)
- Innovation and Fiscal Decentralization in Transitional Economies (2012)
- International Trade and Economic Growth: Evidence from Singapore (2012)
- Economic Openness and Welfare Spending in Latin America (2012)
- Assessing the Costs of Fractional Reserve Banking: A Theoretical Exposition and Examination of Post-Meiji Japan (2012)
- Pricing Emerging Market Corporate Bonds: An Approach Using the CDS-Bond Basis Spread (2012)
- The Geographical Distribution of Mixed-Income Housing in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Developments (2012)
- An Economic Theory of Voting: Can we Explain, through Digital Inequalities, Why People Vote Less? (2011)
- Super-Pornstar Economics: Investigating the Wage Premium for Pornstar-Escorts (2011)
- The Dynamic Linkages among International Stock Markets: The Case of BRICs and the U.S. (2011)
- Revisiting the Financing Gap: An Empirical Test from 1965 to 2007 (2010)
- Antitrust Law and the Promotion of Democracy and Economic Growth (2010)
- An Analysis of Keynesian Economics (2010)
- Who Will Pay to Reduce Global Warming? A Multivariate Analysis of Concern, Efficacy, and Action (2010)
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- Application of Multi-Attribute Utility Theory to Consumers' Choices about Environmentally Responsible Decisions (2009)
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- Evaluating the Impact of Supply-side Factors on Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: The Case of Nicaragua (2008)
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- Banking the Mexican Immigrant Population: Analysis of Profiling Variables (2008)
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- From Autarky to Free Trade: Will China Overtake the U.S. as the Major Trading Power in the Global Economy? (2006)
- Cluster Patterns of Age and Racial/Ethnic Groups Within Privately Developed Section 8 HUD Rent Subsidy Properties in New York City (2004)
- The Impact of Decimalization on Market Volatility and Liquidity (2004)
- Strategic Delegation with Unobservable Incentive Contracts: An Experiment (2002)
- Exchange Rate Market Pressure and The Quality of Governance (2001)
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- Analysing the Performance of Supervised ML models in Breast Cancer Diagnosis (2022)
- Portability of Polygenic Scores for QuantitativeTraits using Continuous Genetic Distance in the UK Biobank (2021)
- A Report on the Correlation between COVID-19 pandemic and Unemployment Rate through Visualization (2021)
- Spatial Summary of Outdoor Dining and COVID-19 Rates in NYC (2021)
- The COVID-19 Infodemic: Narratives from the US & India (2021)
- Exploring the Experiences of People Living with HIV in the United States: Modelling Muscle Ache/Pain and Medicaid Expansion (2017)
- An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: An Algorithm Using Non-Health Indicators to Predict Health Risks of an Individual (2017)
- Does Racial Concordance in Clinical Encounters improve Providers’ Accessibility and Patients’ Satisfaction with Providers? (2016)
- Proportionality of Death Sentences in Alabama (2014)
- Zombies, Brains, and Tweets: The Neural and Emotional Correlates of Social Media (2013)
- Asexuality as a Spectrum: A National Probability Sample Comparison to the Sexual Community in the UK (2013)
- Parent-reported and Child Self-reported Symptoms of Psychiatric Disorder and their Relationships to Independent Living Skills in a Clinical Sample of Perinatally HIV-infected and Perinatally HIV-exposed but Uninfected Adolescents: An Exploratory Analysis (2013)
- The Sperm Shopper: How Consumer Segments and Evolutionary Pyschology Shape Choice of Sperm Donor (2012)
- Social Context and Impoverished Youths' General Health Outcomes: Community Disorder and Violence Predicting Self-Rated Health and Body Mass Index (2012)
- Location Theory and the Supply of Primary Care Physicians in Rural America (2012)
- Perception of Neighborhood Safety and Overweight/Obesity Status among Non-Metropolitan Adolescents in the U.S. (2011)
- Factors Affecting the Extent of Depression Treatment (2011)
- Beyond Gender Binary in Survey Design (2010)
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- Delivering Maternal Health: An Examination of Maternal Mortality on a National Scale (2008)
- Public Health and the Conrad Visa Waiver Program (2007)
- Alzheimer's Disease, Migration, and Social Environment: A Study of Caribbean Hispanics (2005)
- The Influence of Physician Attributes on Cesarean Likelihood (2004)
- Natural or Human-Made Disaster: Dimensions of Impact Measurement (2003)
- Healthy Life Choices Project: Efficacy of Nutritional Intervention with Normal Foods and Cognitive/Behavioral Skill Building on HIV/AIDS Associated Diarrhea and Quality of Life (2002)
Political Science
- Encouraging Voter Registration Among Minority Voters: A Field Experiment Using Radio Advertisements (2022)
- Public Opinion Transition in China: Evidence from Weibo (2022)
- Gender and Co-sponsorship in U.S. Congress (2017)
- Accessing Social Influences of Congressmen with Keyword Network (2016)
- How presidential election in 2016 affects the stock market – A Twitter sentiment analysis perspective (2016)
- Assessing Assessors: A Study on Anti-Corruption Strategies in New York City’s Property Tax System (2016)
- Demographic Trends in Virginia 2013
- The determinants of Party and Coalition Identification in Chile: The effect of long and short-term factors (2013)
- Radical Moderation: Factors Affecting Support for Islamic Extremism (2012)
- Accommodationists versus Hardliners in Slovakia: Correlates of Public Opinion on Selected Foreign Policy Topics 2004 - 2010 (2012)
- Measurement and Belief: Determinants of Federal Funding for Public Diplomacy Programs (2010)
- Consumerism and Political Connectedness in Socialist Czechoslovakia (2010) - History
- Civilizations and Social Tolerance: A Multi-Level Analysis of 58 Countries (2008)
- How Does the 1965 Immigration Act Matter? (2006)
- 7200 Revolutions per Minute: An Economic Analysis of the Struggle between the Recording Industry and Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Networks (2005)
- Classifying Myers-Briggs Personality Type based on Text (2021)
- Hiding Behind the Computer Screen: Imposter Phenomenon in the Tech Industry (2022)
- Relation between dark tourism on-site experience and visitors’ satisfaction (2022)
- Evaluating the Impact of Self-perceptions of Creativity and DemographicFactors on Arts Participation: Evidence from the United States (2021)
- Running head: QUEER HAPPINESS AND SUPPORTExamining Happiness in LGBTQ+ People and its Relationshipwith Worsened Parental Relationships After Coming Out (2021)
- The Impact of Donating Behavior on the Level of Happiness (2021)
- Birds of a Feather, or Do Opposites Attract? THE IMPACT OF PERSONALITY TRAITS ON CONSTRAINT AND HOMOPHILY WITHIN SOCIAL NETWORKS (2017)
- Predicting Social Value Orientation from Personal Information and Survey Metadata (2017)
- All the Feels: Sentiment Analysis Between Emoji and Text (2017)
- Social Media Interface and the Next Generation Cognitive Mapping in New York City (2016)
- Is Prospective Memory Ability Flexible? Manipulating Value to Increase Goal Significance (2011)
- Will a Nation Be Happier with a More Even Income Distribution? (2007)
- Behavioral Extensions to the Topology of Fear: A Gedankenexperimen (2007)
- Psychological Control and Preschoolers' Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors in China (2003)
- Prevalence and success of diversity-and-inclusion projects on education crowdfunding platform (2022)
- Does gentrification cause the displacement of urban black populations? (2022)
- Feedback and Gender in the Workplace: Should You Expect Equal Evaluation from Men and Women? (2021)
- What are the determinants for art practitioners to choose self-employment? (2022)
- An empirical research for studying the influence of star popularity on the box office of movies (2022)
- Couple Dissolution Between Couples Who Meet Offline Versus Couples Who Meet Offline (2021)
- Masculine Men Who Wear Makeup: Exploring the Evolving Masculinity (2021)
- Do Individual Or Environmental Factors Play a Greater Role in Shaping the Intentions of Female High School Students to Enrol in STEM (2021) Programmes in University?:Evidence from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (2021)
- COVID-19 Information Narrative Beliefs Across Social Media Platforms (2021)
- Spatial Wage Penalty for Young Mothers: Exploring the Discrepancy of Education Return between Metro and Non-metro Areas (2016)
- Inequality Matters: A new Empirical Framework for Studying the Impact of Rising Socioeconomic Inequality on the Poor (2016)
- Immigration, Income, and Occupation: Peruvian Immigrants in the Chilean Labor Market (2014)
- Preferring France's 35-Hour Workweek: The Effects of Media on Work-Life Balance Preference Formation (2014)
- The Effect of College Education on Individual Social Trust in the United States– An Examination of the Causal Mechanisms (2013)
- Socio-economic Inequality and Socio-emotional Relationship Quality: Cause and effect? (2013)
- Examination of the Relationship between mother's employment status and one's family gender role attitudes (2012)
- A Study of Materialism Level among Mid-Atlantic residents (2012)
- Relation Recombination - A Sociological Patent Analysis (2012)
- The Relationship between Religious Attitudes and Concern for the Environment (2012)
- Marrying Down: The Gender Gap in Post-Secondary Completion & Education Hypogamy between 1960 and 2010 (2012)
- 2.0 Social Networks Have an Impact on our Real Lives (2011)
- Evidence of Ethnic Solidarity in Marriage Patterns of Hmong and Sino-Vietnamese in United States (2011)
- What Explains the Racial Disparity in Employment Discrimination Case Outcomes? (2010)
- Reading Race: The Changing Views of Human Difference in American History Textbooks, 1870-1930 (2010)
- Satisfaction with Life (2010)
- Entering the "Real World": An Empirical Investigation of College Graduates' Satisfaction with Life (2010)
- The Relationship between the Establishment of Marine Protected Areas and Biomass Productivity of Municipal Fisheries in the Philippines (2010)
- Performance Surveys, Citizen Respondents, and Satisfaction of Public Services: An Analysis of NYC Feedback Citywide Customer Survey (2009)
- Analysis of Job Retention Programs of the Center for Employment Opportunities of the Formerly Incarcerated (2009)
- The Intergenerational Transfer of Human Capital: The Role of Grandparents' Education in Grandchildren's Cognitive Abilities (2009)
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- Rejection Sensitivity and the Contagious Effect of Mood Regulation in Romantic Couples (2008)
- Women and the Homeostasis of the Inmate Population
- An Examination of the Relationship between Government Funding Allocation and Services Provided by Nonprofit Organizations in Brooklyn and the Bronx, 1997-2000 (2007)
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- The Effect of Housing Programs on the Economic Outcomes: Utilizing Observation Study Results from Minnesota Family Investment Program (2005)
- The Influences of Physician Attributes on Cesarean Likelihood (2004)
- Effects of Unemployment, Female Labor Force Participation, and Divorce on Suicide in Turkey: A Durkheimian Evaluation in a non-Western Milieu (2004)
- An Experimental Study of the Small World Problem (2002)
- The Relationship between Welfare Participation and Social Support (2002)
- Sound and Silence: A Structural Analysis of Conversation Topics (2002)
- A Reexamination of the Police and Crime Relationship: The New Role Community Policing Plays in Crime Prevention (2001)
- DNA Evidence in Court: Jurors, Statistical Training, and Pre-instruction in the Procedural Law (2001)
- The Role of Race in Education: An Analysis of Children in Brazil (2001)
Statistics/Computer Science
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- Hiding Behind the Computer Screen: Imposter Phenomenon in the Tech Industry (2021)
- An Unsupervised Learning Approach to Address Crime in Mexico, 2012 – 2016 (2017)
- Imputation of a variable completely unobserved in one wave of a panel: father’s earnings in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (2016)
An Analysis of Pairwise Preference (2016)
- Measuring Political Risk and Market Returns (2014)
- Which Yelp Reviews will be Voted Useful?- Predicting the Number of Useful Votes Yelp Reviews will get using Machine Learning Algorithms (2014)
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- The Role of Domain Knowledge in Environmental Concern and Willingness-to-Pay for Environmental Protection: Results from a U.S. Survey of Public Opinion (2013)
- The Power to Judge: Social Power Influences Moral Judgments of Simple and Complex Transgressions (2013)
- A Time Series Analysis of Crime Rates and Concern for Crime in the United States: 1973-2010 (2012)
- TV Gets Social: Evaluating Social Media Data to Explain Variability among Nielsen TV Ratings (2012)
- Unit Root or Mean Reversion in Stock Index: Evidence from Nigeria (2010)
- Homogeneity in Political Discussion Networks and its Factors (2007)
- Why Shift Policy? (2006)
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- Economic Theory and Happiness in Mexico: An Extension (2001)
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- Measuring Universal Primary Education Using Household Survey Data: The Case of the Millennium Villages Project (2011)
- An Additional Burden for Urban Schools: Teacher Transfer Policies and School Performance (2011)
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Theses and specialist projects from 2023 2023.
The Role of Leaders in Implementing Effective Leadership Strategies Towards the Educational Barriers of US-based Refugee Students: A Qualitative Case Study of Congolese Refugee Students , Faustin Busane
Using Improvement Science to Address Early Elementary Teacher Efficacy and Competency When Addressing Trauma-Induced Behavior , Laura Hayes
Internationalization of Higher Education: Leadership Roles and Challenges Senior International Officers Face in Their Efforts to Internationalize Regional Comprehensive Universities in the United States , Ibrahima Yaro
Theses and Specialist projects from 2022 2022
Anxiety Patterns in Gifted Adolescents from Parents' Perspectives , Felicia Moreschi
The Impact of Teacher Perception of Gifted Individuals on the Instruction of Gifted Students , Justin Moreschi
Theses and Specialist projects from 2010 2010
Characteristics of Local Dual Credit Programs That Promote Sustained Enrollment and High School Achievement , Karl William Olive
Theses and Specialist projects from 2009 2009
How Do Teachers Learn New Skills for Reading Instruction and Transfer Their Learning into the Classroom? , Patricia Ann Sharp
Theses and Specialist projects from 2008 2008
Principals and Teacher Leaders Co-Constructing Theories in Practice: Empowerment and Accountability Exchanged Through School Leadership , Janet Hurt
Theses and Specialist projects from 2007 2007
The Long-Term Effects of a Preschool Program , Kerry Holloman
Theses and Specialist projects from 2005 2005
The Residual Effect of Novice Primary Teachers on Reading Achievement Scores , Connie Mayo
Principal and Teacher Flow of Influence in High-Achieving, High Poverty Schools , Lisa Murley
Reading Achievement: The Impact of America's Choice in Kentucky's Schools , Brent VanMeter
Theses and Specialist projects from 1999 1999
A Comparison of the Transition of Special Needs Students to Regular Education Students , Anita Burnette
Theses and Specialist projects from 1998 1998
Assessment of the Academic Needs of Students Enrolled by the Bowling Green Community College & the Development of a Learning Assistance Model Which Will Maximize Their Probability of Success , Elizabeth Riggs
Theses and Specialist projects from 1996 1996
Assessing Variables Related to Participant Knowledge Retention at General Project Management Training for New Trio Personnel , Charlene Manco
Assessing the Persistence to Graduation of Students Joining Fraternities at Western Kentucky University , Charles Pride
Theses and Specialist projects from 1994 1994
A Comparison of the Tests of Adult Basic Education and the Health Occupations Basic Entrance Test in Predicting Academic Success in Practical Nursing Programs , Sally Crenshaw
Assessing the Efficacy of the Training Opportunities Program for Undiscovered Potential (TOP UP) Dropout Prevention Program at Western Kentucky University for At-Risk High School Students , Kaye Foust
Theses and Specialist projects from 1993 1993
Attendance at a University Residential Summer Camp & Students’ Subsequent Enrollment at that University , Mae Guinn
Theses and Specialist projects from 1992 1992
A Study of an Academic Enrichment Program at Western Kentucky University , Huda Melky
Effect of a Summer Camp on the Self-Concept & Wilderness Anxiety of Fifth & Sixth Grade Campers , Mazen Melky
The Relationship Between Meaning in Life & the Occurrence of Drug Abuse: An Epidemiological Retrospective Study , Thomas Nicholson
Teacher Influence in Site-Based Decision Making: A Descriptive Study , Keith Restine
Theses and Specialist projects from 1991 1991
An Analysis of Kentucky’s Principals: Perceptions and Preparedness to Assume the Role of School Based Management , Byron D. Jeffries
Theses and Specialist projects from 1990 1990
Public Relations: Its Importance in the Public School System , Lawrence Crittenden Hunter
A Comparison of the Frequencies of Selected Teaching Behaviors of Trained and Untrained Teachers , Raymonde Antonia Frances Joseph
Stress Indicators of Kentucky Elementary Principals , Helen Kirby
Site-Based Management, Knowledge Base of Kentucky Superintendents , Alan Reed
An Analysis of Attitudes of Administrators Towards Higher-Level Thinking Skills , Janet Zipprich
Theses and Specialist projects from 1989 1989
Peer Coaching & Change Implementation , Jolene Black
Premenstrual Syndrome-Related Personality & Cognitive Processing Alterations as Indicated by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator , Linda Scariot
An Analysis of Selected Demographic Variables Concerning Kentucky School Supervisors , Margaret Sims
An Analysis of Administrative Computer Use by Secondary Principals in Kentucky , Darrell Witten
Using Collegial Leadership in a Design to Improve Instruction: The Curriculum & Instructional Leader Program , Cora Wood
Theses and Specialist projects from 1988 1988
Special Ideas , Marlene Ashby
Management Guide for Early Childhood Programs , Cathy S. Jording
A Survey of Factors Affecting Enrollment in Mathematics Teacher Education Programs , Rebecca Miller
Theses and Specialist projects from 1987 1987
Comparative Instructor Attitudes Toward College Level English and Mathematics Experiences for Gifted High School Students , Bruce Vickers
A Study of the Educational Needs of Business & Industrial Employees & a Proposed Industrial Education Degree , Palisa Williams
Theses and Specialist projects from 1985 1985
Factors Affecting Successful Use of Amplification in the Elderly Population , Joseph Etienne
The Effects of Various Kinds of Background Music on the I.Q. Scores of Ninth-Grade Students , L.C. Bud Johnston
Impact of the Educational & Life Planning Course on Undecided Students: An Evaluation Model , Diana Shores
Theses and Specialist projects from 1983 1983
An Evaluation of the Guidance & Counseling Program of the Bishop David Memorial High School , Richard Staples
Theses and Specialist projects from 1982 1982
The Development & Study of a Competency-Based Vocational Education Drafting Program , Kenneth Mussnug
Theses and Specialist projects from 1981 1981
A Model for Use in Planning an In-Service Training Program at Naval Air Technical Training Center, Lakehurst, New Jersey , Martha Gantt
The Effect of Summer Recess on the Reading Achievement of Title I Students at L.C. Curry School, Bowling Green, Kentucky , Virginia Scheider
A Survey to Assess the Awareness of the Bowling Green Community in Regard to the International Student Community at Western Kentucky University , Susan Tesseneer
A Study of the Holding Power and Follow-Up of North Bullitt High School Students (Classes of 1978, 1979 and 1980) , Robert Wagoner
Theses and Specialist projects from 1980 1980
A Study of Grade Retention & Social Promotion in the McLean County, Kentucky School District , John Settle Jr.
A Descriptive Study of the Problems Reported by Selected Students on Academic Probation at Western Kentucky University , James Somers Jr.
A Comparison of the Admission Criteria of Kentucky's Junior Colleges , Janet Walters
A Study of Factors Related to Low General Technical Scores on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery as Identified by Members of the Second Squadron, Seventeenth Cavalry, Fort Campbell, Kentucky , David Yates
Theses and Specialist projects from 1979 1979
A Comparison of Traditional Grass-Twist Backstops to One of Corrugated Cardboard Design Use on Indoor Ranges , Charles T. Crume Jr.
The Relationship of Sex-role Classifications, Measured Vocational Interests and Expressed Vocational Interests of Selected College Women , SallyAnn McLeod Koenig
A Comparison of Role Performance & Role Expectation of Supervisors in Selected Public School Districts in Kentucky , Mae Mefford
Alienation and the Associate Degree Student within the College of Business and Public Affairs of Western Kentucky University , Leonard Schira
Theses and Specialist projects from 1978 1978
The Perceived Role of the University Residence Hall Director , Jan Akers
A Survey of the Work-Study Programs in the State Universities of Kentucky , Glen Knight
A Comparative Study of the Expenditures of the Robertson County, Tennessee, Pupil Transportation System , James Talley Sr.
Theses and Specialist projects from 1977 1977
ocial Factors & Perceived Problems as Predictions of Success in Basic Combat Training , James Georgoulakis
Theses and Specialist projects from 1975 1975
A Descriptive Study of Ninth Grade Reading Programs in Schools of the Second Education District of Kentucky , Eloyse Jean Groves
Theses and Specialist projects from 1974 1974
A Position Paper of Environmental Education for Nelson County , Geneva B. Hunt
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Reviews and rankings of the best master's in education programs, 5 topics for a master’s in education thesis.
Choosing to pursue a Master’s degree in education is a noble and rewarding undertaking. Your experience as an educator has cultivated your keen awareness to and understanding of issues impacting today’s students. To truly demonstrate your knowledge on these crucial issues, selecting a stellar thesis topic is of utmost importance.
Resource: Top 10 Best Online Master’s in Education Degree Programs (M.Ed.) 2016
Listed below are 5 topics that may inspire you when selecting a theme for your Master’s dissertation research:
1: Autism awareness in the classroom
Accommodating students with special needs and developing a learner-friendly classroom environment is undoubtedly one of the key elements of teaching. However, despite research conducted by the CDC suggesting that approximately 1 out of 68 children is on the autism spectrum, little progress has been made to ensure that public schools and accompanying curriculum adequately accommodate different needs. Furthermore, the stigma surrounding autism stems from a lack of understanding about the condition. Perhaps research into how to appropriately inform educators and students alike about autism would make for a more equitable, hospital learning environment. This would make a worthwhile Master’s thesis topic to undertake.
2: Nutrition and its effects on education
It is widely known that ‘you are what you eat.’ Unfortunately, many students in the United States do not have the opportunity to enjoy nutritious meals on a daily basis. It would be pertinent to gain a better understanding of nutrition’s role in students’ academic performance and overall wellbeing. Furthermore, examining meal programs provided in schools could showcase if students truly have access to foods which meet dietary and nutritional needs.
3: Utilizing technology in the classroom
Technological advances are becoming ever prevalent in our modern lives. Rather than ignore this reality, it would be beneficial for educators to embrace technology into the learning environment. For a Master’s thesis, one could examine various technological teaching tools and evaluate efficacy in the teaching environment. As children become exposed to technology at younger ages, learning to adapt to the changes in attention span and learning styles are highly critical to maintaining an engaging classroom.
4: After-school programs
Due to financial strains and governmental cutbacks in public school budgets, the future of after-school programs is becoming increasingly uncertain. The significance of providing a safe after-school environment as well as fostering a student’s interest or hobby cannot be overlooked. As an educator, you can demonstrate your understanding of after-school programs and the role they play in developing healthier, happier students (research further supported by the U.S. Federal Government ).
5: Incorporating meditation in the classroom
New age mindfulness practices are becoming all the rage these days. Many proponents attest to the magnificent calming and therapeutic benefits of a few minutes of silent meditation each day. Mindfulness training programs for teachers, such as Mindful Schools , boast that including meditation practices in the daily curriculum will ‘build attention, self-regulation, and empathy’. A research study would be highly valuable if it could accurately support or refute these claims.
These are just a few ideas to guide you on your path to obtaining your prestigious Master’s degree in Education. By selecting a thesis topic that is ideal for you, you will fully demonstrate your knowledge and proficiency as a skilled educator.
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Mathematics Education Theses and Dissertations
Theses/dissertations from 2024 2024.
New Mathematics Teachers' Goals, Orientations, and Resources that Influence Implementation of Principles Learned in Brigham Young University's Teacher Preparation Program , Caroline S. Gneiting
Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023
Impact of Applying Visual Design Principles to Boardwork in a Mathematics Classroom , Jennifer Rose Canizales
Practicing Mathematics Teachers' Perspectives of Public Records in Their Classrooms , Sini Nicole White Graff
Parents' Perceptions of the Importance of Teaching Mathematics: A Q-Study , Ashlynn M. Holley
Engagement in Secondary Mathematics Group Work: A Student Perspective , Rachel H. Jorgenson
Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022
Understanding College Students' Use of Written Feedback in Mathematics , Erin Loraine Carroll
Identity Work to Teach Mathematics for Social Justice , Navy B. Dixon
Developing a Quantitative Understanding of U-Substitution in First-Semester Calculus , Leilani Camille Heaton Fonbuena
The Perception of At-Risk Students on Caring Student-Teacher Relationships and Its Impact on Their Productive Disposition , Brittany Hopper
Variational and Covariational Reasoning of Students with Disabilities , Lauren Rigby
Structural Reasoning with Rational Expressions , Dana Steinhorst
Student-Created Learning Objects for Mathematics Renewable Assignments: The Potential Value They Bring to the Broader Community , Webster Wong
Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021
Emotional Geographies of Beginning and Veteran Reformed Teachers in Mentor/Mentee Relationships , Emily Joan Adams
You Do Math Like a Girl: How Women Reason Mathematically Outside of Formal and School Mathematics Contexts , Katelyn C. Pyfer
Developing the Definite Integral and Accumulation Function Through Adding Up Pieces: A Hypothetical Learning Trajectory , Brinley Nichole Stevens
Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020
Mathematical Identities of Students with Mathematics Learning Dis/abilities , Emma Lynn Holdaway
Teachers' Mathematical Meanings: Decisions for Teaching Geometric Reflections and Orientation of Figures , Porter Peterson Nielsen
Student Use of Mathematical Content Knowledge During Proof Production , Chelsey Lynn Van de Merwe
Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019
Making Sense of the Equal Sign in Middle School Mathematics , Chelsea Lynn Dickson
Developing Understanding of the Chain Rule, Implicit Differentiation, and Related Rates: Towards a Hypothetical Learning Trajectory Rooted in Nested Multivariation , Haley Paige Jeppson
Secondary Preservice Mathematics Teachers' Curricular Reasoning , Kimber Anne Mathis
“Don’t Say Gay. We Say Dumb or Stupid”: Queering ProspectiveMathematics Teachers’ Discussions , Amy Saunders Ross
Aspects of Engaging Problem Contexts From Students' Perspectives , Tamara Kay Stark
Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018
Addressing Pre-Service Teachers' Misconceptions About Confidence Intervals , Kiya Lynn Eliason
How Teacher Questions Affect the Development of a Potential Hybrid Space in a Classroom with Latina/o Students , Casandra Helen Job
Teacher Graphing Practices for Linear Functions in a Covariation-Based College Algebra Classroom , Konda Jo Luckau
Principles of Productivity Revealed from Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Discussions Around the Productiveness of Teacher Moves in Response to Teachable Moments , Kylie Victoria Palsky
Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017
Curriculum Decisions and Reasoning of Middle School Teachers , Anand Mikel Bernard
Teacher Response to Instances of Student Thinking During Whole Class Discussion , Rachel Marie Bernard
Kyozaikenkyu: An In-Depth Look into Japanese Educators' Daily Planning Practices , Matthew David Melville
Analysis of Differential Equations Applications from the Coordination Class Perspective , Omar Antonio Naranjo Mayorga
Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016
The Principles of Effective Teaching Student Teachershave the Opportunity to Learn in an AlternativeStudent Teaching Structure , Danielle Rose Divis
Insight into Student Conceptions of Proof , Steven Daniel Lauzon
Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015
Teacher Participation and Motivation inProfessional Development , Krystal A. Hill
Student Evaluation of Mathematical Explanations in anInquiry-Based Mathematics Classroom , Ashley Burgess Hulet
English Learners' Participation in Mathematical Discourse , Lindsay Marie Merrill
Mathematical Interactions between Teachers and Students in the Finnish Mathematics Classroom , Paula Jeffery Prestwich
Parents and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics , Rebecca Anne Roberts
Examining the Effects of College Algebra on Students' Mathematical Dispositions , Kevin Lee Watson
Problems Faced by Reform Oriented Novice Mathematics Teachers Utilizing a Traditional Curriculum , Tyler Joseph Winiecke
Academic and Peer Status in the Mathematical Life Stories of Students , Carol Ann Wise
Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014
The Effect of Students' Mathematical Beliefs on Knowledge Transfer , Kristen Adams
Language Use in Mathematics Textbooks Written in English and Spanish , Kailie Ann Bertoch
Teachers' Curricular Reasoning and MKT in the Context of Algebra and Statistics , Kolby J. Gadd
Mathematical Telling in the Context of Teacher Interventions with Collaborative Groups , Brandon Kyle Singleton
An Investigation of How Preservice Teachers Design Mathematical Tasks , Elizabeth Karen Zwahlen
Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013
Student Understanding of Limit and Continuity at a Point: A Look into Four Potentially Problematic Conceptions , Miriam Lynne Amatangelo
Exploring the Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching of Japanese Teachers , Ratu Jared R. T. Bukarau
Comparing Two Different Student Teaching Structures by Analyzing Conversations Between Student Teachers and Their Cooperating Teachers , Niccole Suzette Franc
Professional Development as a Community of Practice and Its Associated Influence on the Induction of a Beginning Mathematics Teacher , Savannah O. Steele
Types of Questions that Comprise a Teacher's Questioning Discourse in a Conceptually-Oriented Classroom , Keilani Stolk
Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012
Student Teachers' Interactive Decisions with Respect to Student Mathematics Thinking , Jonathan J. Call
Manipulatives and the Growth of Mathematical Understanding , Stacie Joyce Gibbons
Learning Within a Computer-Assisted Instructional Environment: Effects on Multiplication Math Fact Mastery and Self-Efficacy in Elementary-Age Students , Loraine Jones Hanson
Mathematics Teacher Time Allocation , Ashley Martin Jones
Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011
How Student Positioning Can Lead to Failure in Inquiry-based Classrooms , Kelly Beatrice Campbell
Teachers' Decisions to Use Student Input During Class Discussion , Heather Taylor Toponce
A Conceptual Framework for Student Understanding of Logarithms , Heather Rebecca Ambler Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010
Growth in Students' Conceptions of Mathematical Induction , John David Gruver
Contextualized Motivation Theory (CMT): Intellectual Passion, Mathematical Need, Social Responsibility, and Personal Agency in Learning Mathematics , Janelle Marie Hart
Thinking on the Brink: Facilitating Student Teachers' Learning Through In-the-Moment Interjections , Travis L. Lemon
Understanding Teachers' Change Towards a Reform-Oriented Mathematics Classroom , Linnae Denise Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009
A Comparison of Mathematical Discourse in Online and Face-to-Face Environments , Shawn D. Broderick
The Influence of Risk Taking on Student Creation of Mathematical Meaning: Contextual Risk Theory , Erin Nicole Houghtaling
Uncovering Transformative Experiences: A Case Study of the Transformations Made by one Teacher in a Mathematics Professional Development Program , Rachelle Myler Orsak
Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008
Student Teacher Knowledge and Its Impact on Task Design , Tenille Cannon
How Eighth-Grade Students Estimate with Fractions , Audrey Linford Hanks
Similar but Different: The Complexities of Students' Mathematical Identities , Diane Skillicorn Hill
Choose Your Words: Refining What Counts as Mathematical Discourse in Students' Negotiation of Meaning for Rate of Change of Volume , Christine Johnson
Mathematics Student Teaching in Japan: A Multi-Case Study , Allison Turley Shwalb
Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007
Applying Toulmin's Argumentation Framework to Explanations in a Reform Oriented Mathematics Class , Jennifer Alder Brinkerhoff
What Are Some of the Common Traits in the Thought Processes of Undergraduate Students Capable of Creating Proof? , Karen Malina Duff
Probing for Reasons: Presentations, Questions, Phases , Kellyn Nicole Farlow
One Problem, Two Contexts , Danielle L. Gigger
The Main Challenges that a Teacher-in-Transition Faces When Teaching a High School Geometry Class , Greg Brough Henry
Discovering the Derivative Can Be "Invigorating:" Mark's Journey to Understanding Instantaneous Velocity , Charity Ann Gardner Hyer
Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006
How a Master Teacher Uses Questioning Within a Mathematical Discourse Community , Omel Angel Contreras
Determining High School Geometry Students' Geometric Understanding Using van Hiele Levels: Is There a Difference Between Standards-based Curriculum Students and NonStandards-based Curriculum Students? , Rebekah Loraine Genz
The Nature and Frequency of Mathematical Discussion During Lesson Study That Implemented the CMI Framework , Andrew Ray Glaze
Second Graders' Solution Strategies and Understanding of a Combination Problem , Tiffany Marie Hessing
What Does It Mean To Preservice Mathematics Teachers To Anticipate Student Responses? , Matthew M. Webb
Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005
Fraction Multiplication and Division Image Change in Pre-Service Elementary Teachers , Jennifer J. Cluff
An Examination of the Role of Writing in Mathematics Instruction , Amy Jeppsen
Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004
Reasoning About Motion: A Case Study , Tiffini Lynn Glaze
Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003
An Analysis of the Influence of Lesson Study on Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers' View of Self-As Mathematics Expert , Julie Stafford
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What Is a Thesis? | Ultimate Guide & Examples
Published on September 14, 2022 by Tegan George . Revised on November 21, 2023.
A thesis is a type of research paper based on your original research. It is usually submitted as the final step of a master’s program or a capstone to a bachelor’s degree.
Writing a thesis can be a daunting experience. Other than a dissertation , it is one of the longest pieces of writing students typically complete. It relies on your ability to conduct research from start to finish: choosing a relevant topic , crafting a proposal , designing your research , collecting data , developing a robust analysis, drawing strong conclusions , and writing concisely .
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You can also download our full thesis template in the format of your choice below. Our template includes a ready-made table of contents , as well as guidance for what each chapter should include. It’s easy to make it your own, and can help you get started.
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Thesis vs. thesis statement, how to structure a thesis, acknowledgements or preface, list of figures and tables, list of abbreviations, introduction, literature review, methodology, reference list, proofreading and editing, defending your thesis, other interesting articles, frequently asked questions about theses.
You may have heard the word thesis as a standalone term or as a component of academic writing called a thesis statement . Keep in mind that these are two very different things.
- A thesis statement is a very common component of an essay, particularly in the humanities. It usually comprises 1 or 2 sentences in the introduction of your essay , and should clearly and concisely summarize the central points of your academic essay .
- A thesis is a long-form piece of academic writing, often taking more than a full semester to complete. It is generally a degree requirement for Master’s programs, and is also sometimes required to complete a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts colleges.
- In the US, a dissertation is generally written as a final step toward obtaining a PhD.
- In other countries (particularly the UK), a dissertation is generally written at the bachelor’s or master’s level.
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The final structure of your thesis depends on a variety of components, such as:
- Your discipline
- Your theoretical approach
Humanities theses are often structured more like a longer-form essay . Just like in an essay, you build an argument to support a central thesis.
In both hard and social sciences, theses typically include an introduction , literature review , methodology section , results section , discussion section , and conclusion section . These are each presented in their own dedicated section or chapter. In some cases, you might want to add an appendix .
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We’ve compiled a short list of thesis examples to help you get started.
- Example thesis #1: “Abolition, Africans, and Abstraction: the Influence of the ‘Noble Savage’ on British and French Antislavery Thought, 1787-1807” by Suchait Kahlon.
- Example thesis #2: “’A Starving Man Helping Another Starving Man’: UNRRA, India, and the Genesis of Global Relief, 1943-1947″ by Julian Saint Reiman.
The very first page of your thesis contains all necessary identifying information, including:
- Your full title
- Your full name
- Your department
- Your institution and degree program
- Your submission date.
Sometimes the title page also includes your student ID, the name of your supervisor, or the university’s logo. Check out your university’s guidelines if you’re not sure.
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The acknowledgements section is usually optional. Its main point is to allow you to thank everyone who helped you in your thesis journey, such as supervisors, friends, or family. You can also choose to write a preface , but it’s typically one or the other, not both.
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An abstract is a short summary of your thesis. Usually a maximum of 300 words long, it’s should include brief descriptions of your research objectives , methods, results, and conclusions. Though it may seem short, it introduces your work to your audience, serving as a first impression of your thesis.
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A table of contents lists all of your sections, plus their corresponding page numbers and subheadings if you have them. This helps your reader seamlessly navigate your document.
Your table of contents should include all the major parts of your thesis. In particular, don’t forget the the appendices. If you used heading styles, it’s easy to generate an automatic table Microsoft Word.
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While not mandatory, if you used a lot of tables and/or figures, it’s nice to include a list of them to help guide your reader. It’s also easy to generate one of these in Word: just use the “Insert Caption” feature.
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If you have used a lot of industry- or field-specific abbreviations in your thesis, you should include them in an alphabetized list of abbreviations . This way, your readers can easily look up any meanings they aren’t familiar with.
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Relatedly, if you find yourself using a lot of very specialized or field-specific terms that may not be familiar to your reader, consider including a glossary . Alphabetize the terms you want to include with a brief definition.
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An introduction sets up the topic, purpose, and relevance of your thesis, as well as expectations for your reader. This should:
- Ground your research topic , sharing any background information your reader may need
- Define the scope of your work
- Introduce any existing research on your topic, situating your work within a broader problem or debate
- State your research question(s)
- Outline (briefly) how the remainder of your work will proceed
In other words, your introduction should clearly and concisely show your reader the “what, why, and how” of your research.
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A literature review helps you gain a robust understanding of any extant academic work on your topic, encompassing:
- Selecting relevant sources
- Determining the credibility of your sources
- Critically evaluating each of your sources
- Drawing connections between sources, including any themes, patterns, conflicts, or gaps
A literature review is not merely a summary of existing work. Rather, your literature review should ultimately lead to a clear justification for your own research, perhaps via:
- Addressing a gap in the literature
- Building on existing knowledge to draw new conclusions
- Exploring a new theoretical or methodological approach
- Introducing a new solution to an unresolved problem
- Definitively advocating for one side of a theoretical debate
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Theoretical framework
Your literature review can often form the basis for your theoretical framework, but these are not the same thing. A theoretical framework defines and analyzes the concepts and theories that your research hinges on.
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Your methodology chapter shows your reader how you conducted your research. It should be written clearly and methodically, easily allowing your reader to critically assess the credibility of your argument. Furthermore, your methods section should convince your reader that your method was the best way to answer your research question.
A methodology section should generally include:
- Your overall approach ( quantitative vs. qualitative )
- Your research methods (e.g., a longitudinal study )
- Your data collection methods (e.g., interviews or a controlled experiment
- Any tools or materials you used (e.g., computer software)
- The data analysis methods you chose (e.g., statistical analysis , discourse analysis )
- A strong, but not defensive justification of your methods
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Your results section should highlight what your methodology discovered. These two sections work in tandem, but shouldn’t repeat each other. While your results section can include hypotheses or themes, don’t include any speculation or new arguments here.
Your results section should:
- State each (relevant) result with any (relevant) descriptive statistics (e.g., mean , standard deviation ) and inferential statistics (e.g., test statistics , p values )
- Explain how each result relates to the research question
- Determine whether the hypothesis was supported
Additional data (like raw numbers or interview transcripts ) can be included as an appendix . You can include tables and figures, but only if they help the reader better understand your results.
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Your discussion section is where you can interpret your results in detail. Did they meet your expectations? How well do they fit within the framework that you built? You can refer back to any relevant source material to situate your results within your field, but leave most of that analysis in your literature review.
For any unexpected results, offer explanations or alternative interpretations of your data.
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Your thesis conclusion should concisely answer your main research question. It should leave your reader with an ultra-clear understanding of your central argument, and emphasize what your research specifically has contributed to your field.
Why does your research matter? What recommendations for future research do you have? Lastly, wrap up your work with any concluding remarks.
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In order to avoid plagiarism , don’t forget to include a full reference list at the end of your thesis, citing the sources that you used. Choose one citation style and follow it consistently throughout your thesis, taking note of the formatting requirements of each style.
Which style you choose is often set by your department or your field, but common styles include MLA , Chicago , and APA.
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In order to stay clear and concise, your thesis should include the most essential information needed to answer your research question. However, chances are you have many contributing documents, like interview transcripts or survey questions . These can be added as appendices , to save space in the main body.
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Once you’re done writing, the next part of your editing process begins. Leave plenty of time for proofreading and editing prior to submission. Nothing looks worse than grammar mistakes or sloppy spelling errors!
Consider using a professional thesis editing service or grammar checker to make sure your final project is perfect.
Once you’ve submitted your final product, it’s common practice to have a thesis defense, an oral component of your finished work. This is scheduled by your advisor or committee, and usually entails a presentation and Q&A session.
After your defense , your committee will meet to determine if you deserve any departmental honors or accolades. However, keep in mind that defenses are usually just a formality. If there are any serious issues with your work, these should be resolved with your advisor way before a defense.
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The conclusion of your thesis or dissertation shouldn’t take up more than 5–7% of your overall word count.
If you only used a few abbreviations in your thesis or dissertation , you don’t necessarily need to include a list of abbreviations .
If your abbreviations are numerous, or if you think they won’t be known to your audience, it’s never a bad idea to add one. They can also improve readability, minimizing confusion about abbreviations unfamiliar to your reader.
When you mention different chapters within your text, it’s considered best to use Roman numerals for most citation styles. However, the most important thing here is to remain consistent whenever using numbers in your dissertation .
A thesis or dissertation outline is one of the most critical first steps in your writing process. It helps you to lay out and organize your ideas and can provide you with a roadmap for deciding what kind of research you’d like to undertake.
Generally, an outline contains information on the different sections included in your thesis or dissertation , such as:
- Your anticipated title
- Your abstract
- Your chapters (sometimes subdivided into further topics like literature review , research methods , avenues for future research, etc.)
A thesis is typically written by students finishing up a bachelor’s or Master’s degree. Some educational institutions, particularly in the liberal arts, have mandatory theses, but they are often not mandatory to graduate from bachelor’s degrees. It is more common for a thesis to be a graduation requirement from a Master’s degree.
Even if not mandatory, you may want to consider writing a thesis if you:
- Plan to attend graduate school soon
- Have a particular topic you’d like to study more in-depth
- Are considering a career in research
- Would like a capstone experience to tie up your academic experience
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