Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant professor of training management in Alameh tabataba,I university

2 Assistant professor of evaluation group in Alameh tabataba,I university

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to obtain some information about PhD students’ perception and attitude toward the different characteristics of the feedbacks  getting  from the academic writing and its correlation with the different characteristics of the people who give feedback and the way their revise their decisions affected by these elements and other relative elements. Method: The data was collected from 165 Ph.D Psychology and education science students based on correlation design and performing questionnaire. The data was analyzed with the help of descriptive statistics to describe the answers of the participants. Then, the data was analyzed with the aid of the structural equation modeling for research hypothesis testing and obtaining correlation between academic writing motivation, major and program attitude, feedback request, critical feedback viewpoint, proficiency and knowledge of the person who gives feedback, personality and help of the person who gives feedback, revising the decision-externals and revising the decision-rationalizations. Findings: Structural equation modeling analysis indicates the correlation between the variables involving the process of presenting feedback to PhD students. Finally, some suggestions were proposed for the improvement of feedback process in PhD course.

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