Evernote is one of those applications that just keeps evolving as the need arises. It would be impossible to describe all of its features in a single review and some […]
General Info - Planning
Starting To Think Like a Scholar
Want to speed up your dissertation process? Want to make your committee members happier? Want to look more like a professional scholar? If you answered yes to any of […]
Planning - Writing
The Value of Planning Your Writing- Outlining and Flowcharting
Background Having taught for many years and mentored students at all levels of education, I have noticed one thing that is often overlooked by novice and even experienced students: the […]
Planning - Writing
Picking a Research Problem and Planning the Research- Considerations
How do you pick the correct research problem? One thing that should be a primary concern for doctoral students is finding the correct research problem on which to base the […]
Planning - Writing
The Research Problem
Going Beyond Course Assignments The quest for a research problem/question begins with your deeper thinking about the content material of your coursework. Now is when you start to think further […]
Planning - Writing
Finding the specific problem
What is a focused problem? In my experience, the most difficult things for graduate students to understand are the importance of focusing their research on a single specific problem, how to find […]
How To
What is Evernote?
Attempting to describe Evernote is much like the story of the three blind men attempting to describe an elephant based on the place that each touched the elephant. Each one […]
General Info - Planning
“Smart Hard Work”
Are there different kinds of hard work? Have you ever worked hard on a project and then felt as if you had accomplished nothing? You thought that the paper you […]