Research Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: April | Volume: 7 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 30-37
A Comparative Analysis of Undergraduate Thesis Courses in Canadian and Argentine Universities
Laura Quintana1, Julian Hermida2
1Professor of Psychology, UCES (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Visiting Scholar Algoma University (Sault Ste. Marie, Canada). Paraná 817, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2Professor of Law, Algoma University (Sault Ste. Marie, Canada) & Visiting Scholar UFLO (Buenos Aires, Argentina). 1520 Queen Ste. East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada.
Corresponding Author: Julian Hermida
ABSTRACT
The article discusses findings from a qualitative classroom action research project that compared students’ performance and quality of learning in the production of undergraduate theses in Argentine and Canadian universities. The results of the study show that that there are significant common aspects in both the quality of students’ theses and the problems exhibited in the research for and writing of the theses. These common aspects are distributed similarly in both courses.
Keywords: Undergraduate thesis, student learning, research, comparative education.
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