Review of Classroom Management Techniques

About your dissertation

Your dissertation should be no longer than 15,000 words, excluding the abstract, bibliography and appendices.
Dissertations must be word-processed—normal character size not less than 2 mm (in height for a lower case letter, such as the letter m) or 12 point. You should use a standard typeface, such as Times New Roman, Georgia or Ariel. Lines spacing should be 1.5.
Use good quality white paper (ranging from 70g/m2 up to 100g/m2) of A4 size. Margins should be not less than 2.5 cm, and 3.0 cm on the left edge. Use 1.5 line spacing throughout. Your text must be on only one side of the paper.
Number your pages in a single sequence from beginning to end.
The title page should give the full title of the dissertation, your name as author, the degree for which the dissertation is submitted (MA TESOL), School of Arts and Social Sciences, Northumbria University, the month and year of submission. A copyright statement in form: © [your name] 2024 should be given at the foot of the title page.
You should write an abstract of about 200 words that summarises your study. The abstract should be placed at the beginning of the dissertation, following the title page, on a separate page.
You may include a short paragraph acknowledging people and/or organisations that have assisted you in your research.
You should provide a table of contents, plus separate lists of tables and illustrations, and accompanying material if any. The list of references and any appendices should be included in the table of contents.
Citations in the text and list of references at the end of your document should follow the author-date style. Your list of references should contain every source of information that you refer to in your text, and only those sources that you refer to. More detail can be found in The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.).
Any abbreviations should be those in normal use; where necessary a key should be provided.
Illustrations of all kinds should normally be bound in with the dissertation. Any material that cannot conveniently be bound should be packaged so that it can be kept with the dissertation, and should be labelled in a similar way.
The module code is EL7005
The module title is “MA Dissertation”

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Checklist for MA Dissertation

Your dissertation should include most of the following items, but there are some things that may be included but are not required. If they are optional, this is written in the box on the right.

Item for your dissertation	Optional?
Approximately 15,000 words in the main body
Two copies, both bound with thermal tape
Official cover – changed as appropriate for your dissertation
Official title page – changed as appropriate for your dissertation
Table of contents
List(s) of illustrations, tables, figures
List of abbreviations (if many are used)	Optional
Abstract
Acknowledgements	Optional
Main body – This is the main part of your paper; it should have sections and sub-sections to help your readers.
List of references – This should contain every source you refer to, and no sources that are not mentioned in your dissertation.
Appendix (Appendices) – If you had used a questionnaire, this should be here.	Optional
Plain back cover
Formatting
Printed on only one side of each page
Standard type font – Your paper should be printed in a font such as Times New Roman, Ariel, Courier New, 12 point (2mm for lower case letter)
Line spacing 1.5
Page numbers – At the bottom, either in the centre or right corner
Sections or chapters and subsections, with headings and sub-headings

Marking Criteria for Dissertation:

15,000 word Dissertation

Knowledge and understanding of concepts and issues

A	The text shows that the student has understood the main concepts and theories related to the topic without misunderstanding, and has been able to integrate this understanding into a coherent framework.
B	The text shows that the student understands the main concepts and theories related to the topic without misunderstanding.
C	The theories and concepts dealt with in the text reflect a general understanding of the topic, and are handled in a way that demonstrates that the student understands these concepts, although may be some misunderstanding, and/or relatively superficial understanding of them.
D	The text shows evidence of a degree of understanding at the conceptual and theoretical level but the understanding is largely superficial, and there may be some omissions or misunderstandings in the student’s handling of the theories and concepts dealt with in the module.
E	There is little or no evidence of understanding of the theories and concepts dealt with in the topic, or the theories and concepts are handled in a way that shows considerable misunderstanding or omission.

Knowledge and use of the literature

A	The student has referred to the major references related to the topic and has in addition located and drawn on other relevant sources. These are fully and appropriately acknowledged. S/he has developed a critical understanding of them, and has integrated the ideas from all this material into a coherent, analytical framework.
B	The student has drawn on the key sources relevant to the topic, and has integrated the key ideas from these sources into a coherent analytical framework, showing a reasonable degree of critical understanding. The sources are fully and appropriately acknowledged.
C	The student is familiar with some of the key sources for the topic, and has been able to use these sources appropriately, though the range may be limited. There is, however, little or no evidence of a critical understanding of the sources.
D	The student has drawn on a limited range of sources for the topic, which may not be acknowledged appropriately. These texts have been used for the most part relevantly but with superficial understanding.
E	There is little evidence of familiarity with the key sources for the topic, and/or those sources which are used are largely used irrelevantly or with misunderstanding. Inappropriate care is given to referencing.

Critical reflection on theory and/or practice

A	There is extended critical discussion of most of the issues relevant to the topic; these are brought together into a coherent framework The issues are examined from several relevant perspectives, and there is generalisation beyond the immediate context
B	There is extended critical discussion of most of the issues relevant to the topic. The issues are brought together into a coherent framework; the discussion examines issues from more than one perspective.
C	There is critical discussion of most of the issues relevant to the topic. However, there may be a lack of integration of the issues, and/or the discussion is largely conducted from one perspective.
D	There is some critical discussion of some of the issues relevant to the topic, but this discussion is not very extensive, or is not pursued to any depth, or shows evidence of inconsistency.
E	The text largely consists of anecdotal or descriptive content, or of unsupported assertions or unquestioned assumptions.

Application of theory to practice (where appropriate)

A	The implications of theory for policy and/or practice are thoughtfully discussed and their limitations specified.
B	The main implications of theory for policy and/or practice are outlined and their limitations specified.
C	Some implications of theory for policy and/or practice are outlined.
D	Superficial awareness of the implications of theory for policy and practice is demonstrated.
E	The assignment fails to identify any implications of theory for policy and practice.

Constructing academic discourse

A	The quality of the writing, expression of ideas and conformity to conventions of referencing approach or attain the quality required for publication in an academic or professional journal, including effective use of a variety of syntactic structures and professional vocabulary.
B	Consistent understanding is demonstrated in a well-structured, clear and appropriate manner which largely conforms to conventions of academic writing, although there are occasional errors and/or infelicities in usage and/or style.
C	The text demonstrates understanding and expression and application of ideas in a style which is mostly logical, coherent, fluent and appropriate to the conventions of academic writing, although there are quite a few errors and/or infelicities in usage and/or style.
D	For the most part, the text demonstrates a logical and coherent understanding of the subject matter but sections of the argument become confused or undeveloped or stylistically inappropriate and do not conform to the conventions of academic writing. There are frequent errors and/or infelicities in usage and/or style.
E	The text lacks a logical and coherent framework, or the expression of the ideas is confused or underdeveloped or stylistically inappropriate, or it does not conform in significant ways to the conventions of academic writing.