https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/f5a5ce888df75856fa4b7ad691038ebd.pdf d9630dae2b4ea75a18c05a16e37c056a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TERM PAPER EFFECTIVENESS: PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS AND LECTURERS AT ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource R. NGARA R. NGWARAI Description An account of the resource Term papers are an important component of the curriculum of students studying at higher levels of learning. At the Zimbabwe Open University students pursuing Masters Degrees write one term paper in each of the courses they would be studying. Term papers are marked and contribute to the final coursework mark. In some instances term papers are not just written, they are also presented orally by students. Term papers are instrumental in developing academic skills such as critical thinking. There are, however, some problems associated with students’ writing or presentation of term papers. For instance, topics chosen by students lack unique focus and there is general deficiency knowledge on how to write a term paper on the part of many students. A survey was conducted at Zimbabwe Open University’s one regional campus to determine the views of Masters students and their lecturers on the effectiveness of term papers as a tool of learning and assessment. Generally, participants were of the opinion that term papers were handy in developing student academic skills if principles in writing term papers were religiously followed by students and tutors. Some factors were viewed as negatively affecting the ways in which term papers could be useful or could be good quality. Among them were little tutor-guidance, lack of versatile materials and poor academic skills. The study recommended running of workshops for tutors on term paper-related issues at the University’s regional campus inter alia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available European Social Sciences Research Journal Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013 effectiveness term paper