The second session of the workshop on accelerating the preparation of mathematics education students' theses was held on Saturday, February 25, 2023. The first resource person, Mrs. Dr. R. Rosnawati at 08:00 WIB, gave an explanation related to the focus and purpose of the thesis. She discussed what needs to be written in the background, problem identification, and problem formulation. The explanation was not just skin deep, but in-depth. She also gave examples of good and appropriate writing. Kholif, one of the participants, asked about the systematics in writing the background. The first session speaker gave a satisfactory answer that provoked several questions from the participants. However, due to limited time, only four students had the opportunity to ask questions.

The second speaker, Mrs. Endah Retnowati, Ph.D., explained about the thesis writing guidelines. She explained the writing procedures, writing systematics, preparation procedures, and academic services. The current thesis preparation guidelines refer to the Rector Regulation of Yogyakarta State University number 9 of 2016. In the guide, different parts of the thesis are described depending on the type of research desired. In addition, Mrs. Endah also explained the flow that students must go through to complete their final project. She urged students to do it in order and go through each process. Towards the end of her seminar delivery, Mrs. Endah slipped in some comics to motivate students. She hopes that the 2020 batch of mathematics education students will be united and can support each other. The closing motivation of this seminar is really interesting, namely a good thesis is not a “perfect” thesis, but a “finished” thesis.

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