Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• mohamad asgari

Full Professor of Assessment and Measurement Department, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate the performance of supervisors and doctoral students at Allameh Tabataba’i University in the process of implementing and writing doctoral theses. The research method was descriptive.The population of the two groups was Allameh Tabataba’i University professors who had supervised at least one doctoral thesis in the academic years (1399-1402); and the second group was doctoral students who had defended their thesis within the time period. All individuals available to the two groups were introduced as the research sample. For the student's evaluation of the supervisor's performance, a questionnaire with four components of effective attention, effective empathy, effective empowerment, and effective professional privacy was used. Its construct validity has been confirmed by factor analysis and its reliability has been estimated at 0.97 using Cronbach's alpha. For the supervisor's evaluation of the doctoral student's performance, questionnaire with four components of (effective participation, effective interest, effective commitment, and effective interaction) was used. Its construct validity has been confirmed by factor analysis and its reliability has been estimated at 0.96 using Cronbach's alpha. 120 professors and students responded to these two questionnaires. Data analysis using a one-sample t-test showed that the performance of the supervisors and doctoral students was generally acceptable. The performance components of effective attention, effective empathy, and effective professional privacy were acceptable with a 95% confidence level. However, the effective empowerment component was not statistically acceptable. All of the students' performance components were acceptable with a 95% confidence level.These performances were not desirable performances.

Keywords

• Performance evaluation of supervisors
• performance evaluation of doctoral students
• obligations and duties of the thesis supervisor
• obligations and duties of the doctoral student in completing the thesis

Main Subjects

• Quality and evaluation of educational systems