A doctoral candidate is a person progressing through their doctoral studies, who has completed all requisite coursework throughout the doctoral program of study, passed the comprehensive examinations, and the final achievement is the doctoral capstone. The doctoral capstone is, within many institutions, the dissertation.
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The 10 “C”s Towards Authentically Supporting Doctoral Students: Gracefully and Successfully Supporting Doctoral Students Towards Completing the Capstone Experience
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 30
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9707-0.ch006
Abstract
Doctoral candidates progressing through their dissertation capstone requires not only research and scholarly support, but also engagement towards supporting the doctoral candidate's metamorphosis from a student to a member of the academy, from an agentic social cognitive transformation, from a product developed through the coursework experiences towards a triumphant specialist displaying command over the knowledge base through the display of the dissertation attainment success. The support structure delineated within this discussion reflects the following 10 “C”s: corroborating clarity, championing communication,; championing self-regulation, completing calendar timetables, categorizing priorities, continuous motivation, carrying cognitive load concerns, conquering frustration, cognitive vulnerability, and correcting plagiaristic tendencies.