TY - JOUR

T1 - Role of students and supervisors` interaction in research projects: expectations and evaluations  

AU - Moskvicheva, N.

AU - Bordovskaia, N.

AU - Darinskaya, L.

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - The success of research projects largely depends on the interaction of students and supervisors. Purposes of the study were to identify the students’ expectations of interaction; and to compare the subjective supervisors’ estimates of students’ research abilities with students’ research abilities measured by objective indicators. A sample consisted of students (bachelors, masters, graduates) and supervisors from different faculties of St.-Petersburg State University. The questionnaire; content analysis; psycho diagnostic techniques for studying students’ intellectual abilities and research potential, and 10-point assessment scales for supervisors were used. Students’ expectations from supervisors were described. It was shown that supervisors’ evaluations were often inexact and correlated more with external indicators of research activity of students than with their intellectual capacities. Necessity of focused work to improve the accuracy of the mutual understanding of students and supervisors was substantiated.

AB - The success of research projects largely depends on the interaction of students and supervisors. Purposes of the study were to identify the students’ expectations of interaction; and to compare the subjective supervisors’ estimates of students’ research abilities with students’ research abilities measured by objective indicators. A sample consisted of students (bachelors, masters, graduates) and supervisors from different faculties of St.-Petersburg State University. The questionnaire; content analysis; psycho diagnostic techniques for studying students’ intellectual abilities and research potential, and 10-point assessment scales for supervisors were used. Students’ expectations from supervisors were described. It was shown that supervisors’ evaluations were often inexact and correlated more with external indicators of research activity of students than with their intellectual capacities. Necessity of focused work to improve the accuracy of the mutual understanding of students and supervisors was substantiated.

KW - student

KW - supervisor

KW - the interaction

KW - reseach project

UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815001937

UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/procedia-social-and-behavioral-sciences/vol/171/suppl/C

M3 - Conference article

VL - 171

SP - 576

EP - 583

JO - Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

JF - Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

SN - 1877-0428

IS - S

T2 - 5th Interntional Conference on Education & Educational Psychology ICEEPSY 2014

Y2 - 22 October 2014 through 25 October 2014

ER -