Oral Exams: Preparing For and Passing Candidacy, Qualifying, and Graduate Defenses

by A. Lee Foote

Overview

Oral Exams: Preparing For and Passing Candidacy, Qualifying, and Graduate Defenses provides guidance on how to prepare for oral comprehensive and viva voce exams.

Topics discussed include the supervisory committee, preparing the seminar, arranging content, mental preparation, question framing, and the types of questions to expect.

At its core, the book prepares students to be the best they can be by offering insights into how to interpret and appropriately respond to explicit and implied oral comps questions.

This book benefits faculty by helping them prepare new questions, also providing tips on how to mentor their students in preparation for exams.

The training included can be used to prepare for intensive qualifying or certification exams, job interviews, and presentations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128025789
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/24/2015
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Why an oral exam? Chapter 3. Goals: Why undertake a graduate degree anyway? Chapter 4. Nerves Chapter 5. What will I be asked in this Exam? Chapter 6. Managing supervisory committees.Chapter 7. Preparation time! Chapter 10. Choreography of an oral exam Chapter 11. Execution- Controlling your failures and successes Chapter 12: The professor’s perspective Chapter 14. Recovery, managing delivery, and handling disagreements Chapter 15. Outcomes and options for moving forward Chapter 16. One for the professors and committee members Chapter 17 The pivotal role of chairing an oral exam committee Chapter 18. Conclusion Appendix I. Appendix II. Appendix III.

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This book provides students with a great resource to help them prepare for oral comprehensive and viva voca exams, and is also valuable for faculty as they prepare new questions.