The document outlines an agenda for a masters thesis course. The day will include discussions on research methodologies and mapping previous research experiences. Students will also discuss their interests and potential thesis topics. Support for peers and supervisors during the thesis process will be provided. The goals of the course are to support students in completing their master's thesis through developing research plans and learning relevant methodologies, literature reviews, data analysis, and collaboration skills.

1. MASTER’S THESIS
LET masters’ programme
40 cr, 413008S
HU304
Pirkko Hyvönen
pirkko.hyvonen@oulu.fi
©Ellaveera Hyvönen

2. STRUCTURE OF THE DAY
9.00.-9.15. Opening
9.15.-10.00. Methodological map, 1
10.00.-11.00. Methodological map, 2
11.00-12.00. Lunch
12.30.-13.00. Introduction to the masters’ thesis
(Pirkko)
13.00.-13.45. My intrests and competence, 1
13.45.-14.00. My intrests and competence, 2

3. SUPPORT from peers and supervisers
Board a train and keep your goal! There will be a
destination. The journey will be interesting.
Kuva ESS-arkisto

4. METHODOLOGICAL MAP, 1
The aim is to
1) reflect your previous experiences of
research processes: what kind of research
have you done; what was your role in the
process; how did you feel the process and
what have you learned (topics, methods
etc)
2) To find out and be aware your strengts and
expertise as a group
In small groups, discuss with your peers and
make your spesific methodological map, which
represents your previous experiences as
resources for progressing the thesis.

5. SYLLABUS
 The cource is linked to the contents of previous
modules
 The cource will provide support for completing the
process of the master’s thesis.
 Students carry out their master’s thesis as a
research process with real demands and challenges.
LEARNING PROCESS
 Completing a master’s thesis is a self-regulative
process, where collaboration plays a crucial role.
 Doing your thesis is learning expertise in the
particular domain.

6. CONTENT
 LET research themes
 Research process
 Research plan
(structure, schedule)
 Methodologies
 Collaboration in a research team
© Ellaveera Hyvönen
©Ellaveera Hyvönen

7. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
You can
 write a reseach plan and complete a master’s
thesis
Future research (eg., PhD), funding
proposals
 plan and master a data collection
 categorize and analyse data
kvali or quant
 find relevant literatur for your thesis
topic, method
 master referencing practices
 evaluate research
scientific, methodological, ethical, literatu
re, writing
 collaborate
 use relevant technologies and adaptations for
collaboration, and research purposes

8. LET RESEARCH THEMES
SELF-REGULATED LEARNING COLLABORATIVE LEARNING /
(SRL) CSCL
- Solo or collaborative - Structuring learning
- Emotion-regulation - Roles in learning
- Motivation-regulation - SRL in collaborative learning
- Collaborative learning + learning
- Cognition-regulation
environments
- Strategies
- Self-efficasy (beliefs) Dillenbourg, Fisher, Kirschner, Näykki, L
Zimmerman, Pintrich, Wolters, Pajares, Winne,
aru, Vuopala, Hämäläinen, Weinberger
Perry, Chunk, Azevedo, Moos, Hadwin, Järve
lä, Järvenoja, Malmberg, Mykkänen & Määttä
CREATIVE COLLABORATION
EXPERT LEARNING - How to design learning and
- Collaborative problem-solving learning environments for promoting
- Transfer from/for working life creative collaboration?
- How to use technologies for
Bereiter, Scardamalia, Bransford, Hatano
enhancing creative collaboration?
, Inagagi, Lajoije, Zimmerman, Chi, Tynj
älä, Hyvönen & Impiö (manuscripts)
Franken, Amabile, Bereiter, Scardamalia,
Eteläpelto, Lahti, John-
Steiner, Sternberg, Lubbart, Torrance, H
yvönen, Romero, Vuopala
Learning with or without technologies

9. Environments and
situations that
support
Rich collaboration and
interaction creativity
- Opposing views
Divergent
Knowledge CREATIVE thinking,
and
experiences COLLABORATI succesful
Various ON collaboration
expertise
Safe emotional
Goals and atmosphere
aims
- emotional
scaffolding Emotions are not separate from
Playfulness human’s other experiences;
- power
relations emotions are linked to cognitio
and motivations
- competition (Linnenbrink, 2006; Op‘t Eynde &
Turner, 2006).
Tolerance of
ambiquity

10. BASIC THE THESIS /
STRUCTURE OF ARTICLE
TITLE
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
- Introduce the problem and its relevance
- Aim and research questions (In introduction or in
separate chapter)
- Possible hypothesis
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
METHODS
RESULTS
CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION
- Evaluation of the research
REFERENCES

11. MY INTRESTS AND COMPETENCE, 1
© Ellaveera Hyvönen

12. MY INTRESTS AND COMPETENCE, 1
The aim is to in start a thinking process about the possible topic
of the thesis.
1. Discuss and share thoughts within your group
ii. which areas of reseach you are at the best
iii. which theoretical frameworks you are interested in
iv. which contexts you are interested in
v. which topics you are interested in
2. Once you discuss, formulate your topics in brief sentences
and place them into the theoretical platform. What are your
three conclusions about the result.
3. Place your topics into the collective (entire class) theoretical
platform.

13. LITERATURE SUGGESTIONS
APA6 manual
Corbin, J. & Strauss, A. Basucs of qualitative research
Miles, M.B. & Huberman, A.M.: Qualitative data analysis
Lazar, J et al., Research methods in human-computer
interaction
Salkind:, N.J. Statistics for people who think they hate statistics
Menetelmäopetuksen tietovaranto:
http://www.fsd.uta.fi/menetelmaopetus/index.html (in Finnish
only)

14. AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL
AUSTRALIAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER
BRITISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH REVIEW
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER
EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL
FINNISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOSIATION. RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE
/ SUOMEN KASVATUSTIETEELLINEN SEURA. KASVATUSALAN TUTKIMUKSIA
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
ISSUES IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

15. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE LEARNING SCIENCES
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
JOURNAL OF INTERACTIVE LEARNING RESEARCH
ACTIVE LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
ADULTS LEARNING MATHEMATICS - AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
E-LEARNING AND EDUCATION
FOR THE LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS
INNOVATION IN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING
INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEARNING AND CHANGE
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEARNING AND INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEARNING AND MEDIA
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOBILE LEARNING AND ORGANISATION
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WEB-BASED LEARNING AND TEACHING
TECHNOLOGIES