There is a specific kind of ‘stuck’ that thesis students know well…
You open your draft. You read a paragraph. You think:
Is this right?
Is there something I’m missing?
Am I actually making the argument I think I’m making?
And because it’s 10pm on a Sunday … you close your doc and hope for the best.
However, the gap between knowing you should interrogate your own work and actually having the questions to do it, is what the Thesis Check-in App is for.
The Thesis Check-in App is a single browser file ~ no login, no internet required after it loads, nothing stored anywhere except for on your device.
There is not a list of instructions, nor a checklist. Choose amongst the sections of a thesis and answer two questions.
The questions are based on examiner feedback, and thesis rubric, and my experience working with students in 4th year, Masters, and PhD. The idea is for you to think deeply about what you’ve written in your draft, and to consider possible edits.
I’ve aimed to cover sections relevant to qual and quant or mixed methods thesis projects. Eighteen sections. Over 130 questions total.
The app tracks which questions you’ve been asked per section, and rotates items so you will not get the same question twice in a row. When every angle in a section has been covered, it tells you and starts fresh.
You can log your responses and you can ‘print page’ from your chosen browser, for a pdf or hard copy of the chronicle of your responses.
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