Research writing

What should be avoided when writing results?

• Be factual and concise in reporting your findings

• Use Non-textual Elements in your results

• Consider both positive and negative results

• Present the same data or repeat the same information more than once

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The conclusion is intended to help the reader understand why your research should matter to them after they have finished reading the paper.

• True

• False

To avoid plagiarism you can do 3 things:

• Write everything verbatim, say you are sorry, write why you plagiarized.

• Use quotation marks if you write something verbatim, paraphrase, write an in-text citation.

• Write the source, but not the year, write the exact words, tell your teacher you'll never do it again.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Plagiarism is wrong because it deprives someone else of due credit for their work.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

You do not need to cite sources when you use someone else's charts, drawings or photographs

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How can you give credit to the author when writing a paper? (Choose two)

• Write the information directly into your paper.

• To attribute to the author or institution.

• By beginning the sentence with "According to..."

• Do not state where you got the information.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is an abstract?

• a short summary of a longer work

• a page where you should collect the academic sources and all the publications you consulted

• a page where you present the sources you have studied while preparing for the work ahead

• a page where you report the findings of your study based upon the methodology you applied to gather information

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many key steps are there in writing a literature review?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which sources of information should you include in the reference page?

• General mentions of websites or periodicals

• Common knowledge

• Personal communications

• Sources cited in the body text

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When referring to your results, you should use:

• Present tense

• Past tense

• Future tense

• Present perfect tense

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5