Thesis Revisions Now

I have to start working on my thesis revisions so I can proceed with gathering data. I am looking forward to interviewing and getting to know in-depth the life and achievements of our students. 

I shall break down the comments of my panelists.. gotta start somewhere... 

• In the introduction, give a clearer context of the status of scholars. Use published data from your institution. 

1. Institution's different scholarships offered 
• Reference is Institution's website
• Scholarships/Grants/Loans
2. Institution's statistics on scholarships
• Reference is Institution's Published announcements
• Number of Scholars AY 12-13 and ID 113 Freshmen Scholars
• Number of Scholars AY 13-14 and ID 114 Freshmen Scholars 
• Number of Scholars 14-15 and ID 115 Freshmen Scholars (pending release of stats)
3. Institution's context on scholarships
• Marketing, scholarship grants: Reaching out to the best and brightest
• Scholarships at DLSU: Probing, evaluating additional funding sources
• Tracking the best and brightest of DLSU
• Scholarships @ DLSU
• Scholarships @ DLSU 2
• Dlsu awards college scholarships to 50 public school students
• DLSU and DepEd announce scholarship opportunities for public school graduates
• DLSU offers free college entrance exams, full scholarships to public high school students
• Lingap Scholars
• 50 Vaugirard Scholars Recognized
• Free DLSU entrance exam for Public high school students
• Vaugirard Scholarships Primer

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• Clarify how Bean's model supports the proposed study. 

• Discuss the details of the model and how the proposed variables were taken from Bean's model and other studies. 

• Justify why you chose the specific variables as culturally relevant and relate to student persistence among scholars.

To do: Discuss the details of the model 

1. Done Reading - Bean's Model of Student Attrition
2. Write a discussion about it    

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• Provide further discussion on each of the specific variables in the revised model given the participants in the study.

• Cite anecdotal/context factors that will provide support for why these variables were selected and included in the proposed model. 

• Provide supporting literature related to the controversies/gaps in literature.  

To do: Discuss the following variables related to academic achievement or student retention:

1. Parent's educational socialization 
• Read - The Socialization of Achievement in Poor and Minority students
• Read - The Role of Parent Involvement in Children's Academic Achievement
• Read - Cross-national differences in academic achievement Beyond etic conceptions of children's understandings
• Read - FILIPINO STUDENTS' REPORTED PARENTAL SOCIALIZATION OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT BY SOCIOECONOMIC GROUP (article to be retrieved)
2. Social Integration
3. Family Support 
4. Certainty of choice of program (commitment)