Things to Remember When Starting A Presentation
• Start with something to get your audience’s attention.
• Tell your audience what your argument will be.
• Tell your audience how you are going to develop that argument. Presentation Outline Writing a Research Report
• Getting started and planning
• Sections of a typical report
• Presentation of text, maps, and illustrations
• Referencing Presenting Your Research
• Strategies for presentation
• Designing visuals for your presentation
Writing a Research Report:
Getting Started
• Your Report Should
– Report on the research project
– Use research findings to develop some conclusions
– Develop an argument about your findings
Writing a Research Report:
Getting Started
• Questions your report should address
– What was the research problem?
– Why is this problem important?
– How does the project fit into the context of other research?
– How did you investigate the research problem?
– What are your findings?
– What do these findings tell you?
– What do you conclude?
Writing a Research Report:
Getting Started
• Writing is an iterative process.
– Therefore you do not have to start at the beginning!
• Whatever you do….
Just start writing!
Writing a Research Report:
Getting Started
• Additional Tips
– The value of reflective free writing
– Discovering new insights while writing
– Don’t seek perfection
– Be prepared to junk whole sections
Writing a Research Report:
Getting Started
• Steps in writing
– Free writing
– Develop an overall argument (Try writing a thesis statement or abstract.)
– Develop an outline
– Write
– Revise, Revise, Revise, Revise
• Go back and rewrite introduction if necessary
Writing a Research Report:
Getting Started
• Developing an argument
– Link theory with research to justify your conclusions
– An argument should link sections of your report into a coherent story.
Writing a Research Report:
General Format
• Front matter
– Title Page
– Acknowledgements page
– Abstract
– Table of Contents
– List of Tables
– List of Figures
Writing a Research Report:
General Format
• Body of the report
– Introduction
– Literature review
– Methodology
– Results
– Discussion
– Conclusions
Writing a Research Report:
General Format
• End matter
– Appendices
– Endnotes
– Reference list
• Save time and develop your reference list as you write!
Writing a Research Report:
Sections of the Report
• Title
– Keep it short
– Use a subtitle if necessary
– Interesting or amusing titles are better
Writing a Research Report:
Sections of the Report
• Abstract
– A 200-300 word non-technical summary of your research project.
– Questions to answer:
• What is the research problem and why is it important?
• What did you do and why?
• What did you find?
• What do your findings mean?
Writing a Research Report:
Sections of the Report
• Introduction
– Address the topic in the first sentence
– Introduce the topic by means of an example to illustrate theoretical points
– Outline your general argument and your paper
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